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
Craster
First Names
James Cecil Balfour
Rank
Lieut
Regiment / Department
5th Goorkha Regt (The Hazara Goorkha Battn)
Medal Rolls
MR9
Source abbrevs
HAAL79 / HAAL80 / HAAL81 / HAAL82
Original Text from book
Craster, Lieut. James Cecil Balfour. B.S.C. (Probationer) 5th Goorkha Regt. (The Hazara Goorkha Battn.) MR9, reverted to 2nd Battn. 16th (The Bedford-shire) Regt., 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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