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
Caldecott
First Names
Francis James
Rank
Maj and Col
Regiment / Department
Royal Artillery
Medal Rolls
MR3 / MR9
Source abbrevs
SH122 / SH185 / HAAL79 / HAAL80 / HAAL81 / HAAL82
Original Text from book
Caldecott, Maj. and Col. Francis James, R.A. (late Bombay Artillery) MR3, MR9, 1st Class Commissary of Ordnance [struck out] SH122, SH185, 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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