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
Hoggan
First Names
Lieut promoted to Capt
Rank
William Brooke
Regiment / Department
No 2 (Bombay) Mountain Battery
Medal Rolls
MR3
Source abbrevs
HAAL79 / HAAL80 / HAAL81 / HAAL82
Original Text from book
Hoggan, Lieut. (promoted to Capt.) William Brooke, No. 2 (Bombay) Mtn. Batt., MR3, 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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