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
Cookson
First Names
Henry
Rank
SurgMaj
Regiment / Department
5th Regt Bengal Cavalry Bengal Medical Department
Medal Rolls
MR9
Source abbrevs
SH343 / HAAL79 / HAAL80
Original Text from book
Cookson, Surg. Maj. Henry, 5th Regt. Bengal Cavalry, Bengal Medical Department, MR9, SH343, HAAL:79, HAAL:80 [no later data on death or resignation (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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