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
Cherry
First Names
Francis Sawbridge
Rank
LtCol
Regiment / Department
4th Regt Madras Cavalry
Medal Rolls
MR12
Source abbrevs
SH123 HAAL79 / HAAL80 / HAAL81 / HAAL82
Original Text from book
Cherry, Lt. Col. Francis Sawbridge, Madras Cavalry, SH123; M.S.C., 4th Regt. Madras Cavalry, HAAL:79, HAAL:80, HAAL:81, HAAL:82; M.S.C., Asst. Superintendent of Transport, 2nd Div. Peshawar Valley Field Force 1878 1879, MR12
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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