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
Howard
First Names
Francis
Rank
Surg Maj
Regiment / Department
1st Battalion 25th (The Kings Own Borderers) Regiment
Medal Rolls
MR7
Source abbrevs
SH246 / HAAL79 / HAAL80 / HAAL81 / HAAL82
Original Text from book
Howard, Surg. Maj. Francis, M.D., Army Medical Department (Bengal), MR7 (2 refs.) during 2nd phase in medical charge 1st Battn. 25th (The Kings Own Borderers) Regt., 15 Dec. 1879 1 March 1880, SH246, 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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