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
Beresford
First Names
William Leslie de la Poer
Rank
Capt Lord
Regiment / Department
9th (The Queens Royal) Lancers
Medal Rolls / Victoria Cross
VC
Source abbrevs
SH119 / SH154 / HAAL79 / HAAL80 / HAAL81 / HAAL82
Bibliography / Text abbrevs
Parry / Creagh and Humphris The Victoria Cross / RVC
Original Text from book
Beresford, Capt. Lord William Leslie de la Poer, V C., 9th (The Queens Royal) Lancers, SH119, SH154, HAAL:79, HAAL:80, HAAL:81, HAAL:82 [not in MR1]; ref. Parry, pp. 215, 298; biog. and photo Creagh and Humphris, The Victoria Cross, p. 93; photo RVC, p. 29, no.85
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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