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The British in Afghanistan 1878 -1881:
Volume I
Preface to First Edition
Preface to Second Edition
Organization
British Army Order of Precedence 1861
Indian Army (Bengal)
Indian Army (Madras)
Indian Army (Bombay)
Second Afghan War Medal Rolls
Source Abbreviations
Bibliography
Text Abbreviations
Rank and Service Abbreviations
Ranks Prefaced by Numerical Identification
The British in Afghanistan 1878-1881: A-F
Volume II
The British in Afghanistan 1878-1881: G-O
Volume III
The British in Afghanistan 1878-1881: P-Z
Annex 1: Extant memorials in Afghanistan
Annex 2: Mortality
Annex 3: Incomplete References

The following is not intended to be a complete listing of ranks, armies, divisions, regiments, brigades, departments, etc., but only those designations appearing in this work.

• acc. accession/according [to]
• actg. acting
• A.P.D. Army Pay Department
• Appr. Apprentice
• Asst. Assistant
• b. buried/burial
• B&S Bourne and Shepherd
• Batt. Battery
• Battn. Battalion
• B.C.S. Bengal Civil Service
• B.D. Bachelor of Divinity
• Bde. Brigade
• bet. between
• Biog. Biography/Biographical
• Bo. F. F. Bombay Frontier Force
• Bo.S.C. Bombay Staff Corps
• B.S.C. Bengal Staff Corps
• C.C. Commander in Chief
• Chr. Christian (as in forenames)
• cit. cited/citation/citations
• Co. Company
• Com. Commissary/Commissariat
• Comm. Communication
• C.S. Civil Service (sometimes preceded or followed by Presidency)
• D. Despatch(es)
• d. died/death
• D.P.W. Works Department of Public Works
• Div. Division
• docs. Documents
• ed. edited/edition
• Ed. Editor
• Est. Establishment
• fol. following
• frontis. frontispiece
• G.O. General Order
• Hon. before rank= Honourary; before Christian name= Honourable
• Hosp. Hospital
• H.M. Her Majesty's
• h.p. half pay
• ident. identical/identity/identification
• ILN Illustrated London News
• IMI Indian Monumental Inscriptions (see in Sources)
• incl. including/included
• Inf. Infantry
• init. initial (as in names)
• IOL&R India Office Library and Records (British Library, India and Oriental Collection)
• k. killed
• KIA killed in action
• l. left
• L.I. Light Infantry
• M.B. Bachelor of Medicine
• M.D. Doctor of Medicine
• M.F.F. Madras Frontier Force
• M.I. Monumental Inscription
• Mil. Military
• misc. Miscellaneous
• Mr. Mister
• M..S.C. Madras Staff Corps
• Mtn. Mountain
• Mtn. Batt. Mountain Battery
• n./ns. note/notes
• NAM National Army Museum (when not followed by neg. no., or acc. no. and album page containing photo, this data was unknown or unavailable)
• neg. negative (photo)
• N.I. Native Infantry
• N.L.I. Native (Light) Infantry (irregular use)
• no./nos. number/numbers
• No. Number (as of Artillery Batt.)
• ORS Orderly Room Sergeant
• p./pp. page/pages
• P.F.F. Punjab Frontier Force/Punjab Field Force
• p./pp. page/pages
• ph. photograph
• pl./pls. plate/plates
• P.M.O. Principal Medical Officer
• pl./pls. plate/plates
• poss. possibly/possible
• priv. private
• prob. probably/probable
• pub./pubs. published/publications
• P.W.0. Prince of Wales's Own (irregular use)
• r. right
• R.A. Royal Artillery
• RC Roman Catholic
• R.E. Royal Engineers
• ref./refs. reference/references
• Regt. Regiment/Regimental
• REI Royal Engineers Institution, Chatham
• rec’d Received
• ret’d Retired
• Rev. Reverend
• R.H.A. Royal Horse Artillery (sometimes R.[H.]A. to indicate an R.A. officer who served during the period in either, or both)
• S.A.F.F. Southern Afghanistan Field Force
• S.F.F. Sind Frontier Force
• Sub Subordinate/Sub Ordinate
• trans. transferred [to or from another Brigade, Regiment, Department]
• uncert. uncertain
• unident. unidentified/unidentifiable
• unrec. unrecorded
• V.C. Victoria Cross
• w. wounds/wounded