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
Coates
First Names
William
Rank
Surg
Regiment / Department
Bengal Medical Department
Medal Rolls
MR14 / MR9 / MR10 / MR15
Source abbrevs
SH343 / HAAL79 / HAAL80 / HAAL81 / HAAL82
Original Text from book
Coates, Surg. William, M.D., Bengal Medical Department, Kurram Valley Field Force, SH343, HAAL:79, HAAL:80, HAAL:81, HAAL:82; Kabul-Kandahar Field Force, Aug.-Sept. 1880, MR14, in Medical Charge 5th Goorkha Regt. (The Hazara Goorkha Battn.) MR9; Indian Medical Service, MR10, MR15 [= Coats]
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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