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
Des Voeux
First Names
Alfred Anthony
Rank
Bt Col
Regiment / Department
5th Regt Bombay N (Light) I
Medal Rolls
MR9
Source abbrevs
HAAL79 / HAAL80 / HAAL81 / HAAL82
Original Text from book
Des Voeux, Bt. Col. Alfred Anthony, Bo.S.C., Commanding 5th Regt. Bombay N. (Light) I., MR9, HAAL:79, HAAL:80, HAAL:81, retired as Maj.-Gen., HAAL:82
Transcriber remarks
[Bo SC] Bombay Staff Corps Commanding / [NI] Native Infantry
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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