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
Douglas
First Names
Charles Whittingham Horsley
Rank
Lieut and Adjt promoted to Capt
Regiment / Department
92nd (Gordon Highlanders) Regt
Medal Rolls
MR6 / MR13
Source abbrevs
SH239 / HAAL79 / HAAL80 / HAAL81 / HAAL82
Bibliography / Text abbrevs
photo NAM / Burke / B&S
Original Text from book
Douglas, Lieut. and Adjt. (promoted to Capt.) Charles Whittingham Horsley, 92nd (Gordon Highlanders) Regt., MR6, SH239, HAAL:79, HAAL:80, HAAL:81, HAAL:82; Kabul-Kandahar Field Force, Aug. Sept. 1880, MR13; photo NAM (neg. 6182) Burke 233, (neg. 23951) B&S 7
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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