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
Gavin
First Names
George FitzAustin
Rank
Lieut
Regiment / Department
3rd Regt Sind Horse
Medal Rolls
MR9
Source abbrevs
HAAL81 / HAAL82 HAAL79 / HAAL80 / SH127
Original Text from book
Gavin, Lieut. George FitzAustin, Bo.S.C., 3rd Regt. Sind Horse, S.F.F., MR9, HAAL:81, HAAL:82; B.S.C., SH127 [= F.F.A.]; 15th (The Kings) Hussars, HAAL:79, HAAL:80
Transcriber remarks
[Bo SC] Bombay Staff Corps / [SFF] Sind Frontier Force / [BSC] Bengal Staff Corps
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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