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
Anderson
First Names
John C
Rank
1st Class Vet Surg
Regiment / Department
C Battery 4th Brigade Royal Artillery
Medal Rolls
MR3 / MR7
Source abbrevs
HAAL79 / HAAL80 / HAAL81 / HAAL82
Original Text from book
Anderson, 1st Class Vet. Surg. John C., C/4 R.A., MR3, MR7, R.H.A., Army Veterinary Department; Veterinary Surg. Khyber Line Force; served with Kurram Valley Field Force Sept. 1879 May 1880, and Khyber Line Force May Sept. 1880, HAAL:79, p. 395, HAAL:80, p. 395, HAAL:81, p. 395, HAAL:82, p. 395
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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