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
Boileau
First Names
Francis William
Rank
Maj
Regiment / Department
Mhairwarra Battn Khyber Div
Medal Rolls / Victoria Cross
MR8 [2refs]
Source abbrevs
SH316 / HAAL79 / HAAL80 / HAAL81 / HAAL82
Original Text from book
Boileau, Maj. Francis William, B.S.C., Commandant Mhairwarra Battn., Khyber Div., between Jamrud and Dakka Nov. 1878 May 1879, MR8 (2 refs.) SH316, 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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