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
Barr
First Names
William Lamb
Rank
Capt and Paymaster
Regiment / Department
2nd Battn 15th (Yorkshire East Riding) Regt
Medal Rolls / Victoria Cross
MR5
Source abbrevs
SH206 / HAAL79 / HAAL80 / HAAL81 / HAAL82
Original Text from book
Barr, Capt. and Paymaster William Lamb, 2nd Battn. 15th (Yorkshire, East Riding) Regt., (A.P.D.) MR5, SH206, HAAL:79, HAAL:80, HAAL:81, HAAL:82
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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