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
Sherston
First Names
John
Rank
Lieut
Regiment / Department
4th Battn The Prince Consorts Own Rifle Brigade
Medal Rolls
MR6 / MR8 / MR13 / MR14
Source abbrevs
SH144/ SH242/ HAAL79/ HAAL80/ HAAL81/ HAAL82
Bibliography / Text abbrevs
photo NAM / Burke / B&S
Original Text from book
Sherston, Lieut. John, 4th Battn. The Prince Consortss Own Rifle Brigade, MR6, MR8 [struck out] SH144, SH242, HAAL:79, HAAL:80, HAAL:81, HAAL:82; Staff, A.D.C. to Maj. Gen. Sir F.S. Roberts, Kabul Kandahar Field Force, Aug. Sept. 1880, MR13, A.D.C. to Maj. Gen. Sir F.S. Roberts, MR14 [struck out]; photo NAM (neg. 6173 & 6378) Burke 216, (neg. 6180) Burke 164 1/2, (neg. 23954) B&S 60
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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