Our thanks to William Trousdale, who permitted FIBIS to create this searchable database of the A-Z name index found in his book, The British in Afghanistan, vol I.
Below is a list of the most frequently used abbreviations and acronyms.
Surname
Cather
First Names
Thomas Plunket
Rank
Lieut
Regiment / Department
Royal Engineers (Bengal Sappers and Miners)
Medal Rolls
MR2 / MR13
Source abbrevs
SH122 / SH190 / HAAL79 / HAAL80 / HAAL81 / HAAL82
Bibliography / Text abbrevs
photo NAM / Burke 164 1/2 / photo REI
Original Text from book
Cather, Lieut. Thomas Plunket, R.E. (Bengal Sappers and Miners) MR2, SH122, SH190, HAAL:79, HAAL:80, HAAL:81, HAAL:82, Asst. Field Engineer, Khyber Field Force; Adjt. R.E., Kabul Kandahar Field Force, Aug. Sept. 1880, MR13; photo NAM (neg. 6180) Burke 164 1/2, (neg. 6188) Burke 207, (neg. 6189) Burke 209; photo REI album group 6/44, pp. 42 43
Systematic Compilation of Officers, Other Ranks, Civil Officials, and Other Individuals Present in Afghanistan during The Second Afghan War. Annotated with references to military service, diaries, memoirs, biographies and photographs.
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