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
Becker
First Names
Charles Theodore
Rank
Lieut
Regiment / Department
1st Battn 25th (The Kings Own Borderers)
Medal Rolls / Victoria Cross
MR5
Source abbrevs
SH212 / HAAL79 / HAAL80 / HAAL81 / HAAL82
Original Text from book
Becker, Lieut. Charles Theodore, 1st Battn. 25th (The Kings Own Borderers) MR5, SH212, 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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