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
Heathcock
First Names
Asst Apothecary
Rank
W
Regiment / Department
10th (The Prince of Wales Own Royal) Hussars
Medal Rolls
MR8
Original Text from book
Heathcock, Asst. Apothecary W., Sub Medical Department (Bengal), at Jalalabad with 10th (The Prince of Wales Own Royal) Hussars, 15 Dec. 1878 19 Feb. 1879, MR8 (2 refs.)
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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