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
Handcock
First Names
Arthur Gore
Rank
Maj
Regiment / Department
6th Regiment Bengal Native (Light) Infantry
Medal Rolls
MR8
Source abbrevs
SH130 / HAAL79 / HAAL80 / HAAL81 / HAAL82
Original Text from book
Handcock, Maj. Arthur Gore, B.S.C., 6th Regt. Bengal N. (Light) I., MR8 (2 refs.) crossed frontier at Mattra [?] in southern Afghanistan, crossed frontier again at Jumrood Sept. 1880, at Kandahar; Maj. (late) Asst. Adjt. Gen., Ghazni Field Force, SH130, 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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