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
Hatch
First Names
George Pelham
Rank
Lieut
Regiment / Department
5th Regiment Bengal Native (Light) Infantry
Medal Rolls
MR8
Source abbrevs
SH267 / HAAL79 / HAAL80 / HAAL81 / HAAL82
Original Text from book
Hatch, Lieut. George Pelham, B.S.C. [Probationer] 5th Regt. Bengal N. [Light] I., MR8 [2 refs.] on Kurram Line 1879 1880, SH267, HAAL79, HAAL80, HAAL81; 62nd [Wiltshire] Regt., HAAL79, HAAL80, HAAL81, HAAL82
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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