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
Edge
First Names
John Dallas M
Rank
Surg Maj
Regiment / Department
Army Medical Department
Medal Rolls
MR7
Source abbrevs
SH245 / HAAL79 / HAAL80 / HAAL81 / HAAL82
Original Text from book
Edge, Surg. Maj. John Dallas, M., Army Medical Department, MR7, served in southern Afghanistan under Gens. Primrose, Burrows, Roberts, Phayre, and Hume; present at Battle of Kandahar 1 Sept. 1880; "Detailed to make arrangements to receive and attend to officers wounded during the action," SH245, 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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