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
Gray
First Names
William du Gard
Rank
Lieut
Regiment / Department
Royal Engineers (Bombay Sappers and Miners)
Medal Rolls
MR2 MR12
Source abbrevs
HAAL80 / HAAL81 / HAAL82 HAAL79 / SH129
Original Text from book
Gray, Lieut. William du Gard, R.E. (Bombay Sappers and Miners); M.S.C., MR2, MR12 SH129; 11th Madras N.I. (Macneile) HAAL:80, HAAL:81, HAAL:82; 44th (The East Sussex) Regt., HAAL:79
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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