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
Bourke
First Names
Isadore
Rank
SurgMaj MB
Regiment / Department
Army Medical Department (Bengal)
Medal Rolls / Victoria Cross
MR7 [2refs]
Source abbrevs
SH243 [J] HAAL79 / HAAL80 / HAAL81 / HAAL82
Bibliography / Text abbrevs
see MacGregor War in Afghanistan
Original Text from book
Bourke, Surg. Maj. Isadore, M.B., Army Medical Department (Bengal) SH243 [= J.] HAAL:79, HAAL:80, HAAL:81, HAAL:82, retired h.p. Sept. 1880; MR7 (2 refs.) [Chr. name given both as Isidore and Isadotre] "Crossed the frontier at Ali Kheyl on the 30th September 1879 and recrossed it into India the 30th March 1879 [1880]" Present at explosion of Kabul Bala Hissar munitions stores 16 Oct. 1879; see MacGregor, War in Afghanistan, pp. 109, 120, 124 (Ed.)
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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