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
Ekin
First Names
James
Rank
Bde Surg
Regiment / Department
Army Medical Department
Medal Rolls
MR7 / MR13
Source abbrevs
SH245 / HAAL80 / HAAL81 / HAAL82
Original Text from book
Ekin, Bde. Surg. James, M.B., Army Medical Department, officiated as Deputy Surg. Gen. 1st Infantry Div. Kabul Kandahar Field Force; present throughout war, MR7, SH245, HAAL:80, HAAL:81, HAAL:82; Kabul Kandahar Field Force, Aug. Sept. 1880, MR13, Officiating Deputy Surg. Gen. Infantry Bde., under Maj. Gen. Sir John Ross
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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