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
Eliot
First Names
Henry
Rank
Capt and Bt Maj
Regiment / Department
4th Regt Bengal Native Infantry
Medal Rolls
MR8
Source abbrevs
HAAL79 / HAAL80 / HAAL81 / HAAL82
Original Text from book
Eliot, Capt. and Bt. Maj. Henry Edgcumbe, General List, Bengal Infantry, 4th Regt. Bengal N.I., with 2nd Div. Southern Afghanistan Field Force, MR8 (2 refs.) 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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