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
Lang
First Names
Menzies Charles Robinson
Rank
2nd Lieut promoted to Lieut
Regiment / Department
63rd (West Suffolk) Regt
Medal Rolls
MR5
Source abbrevs
SH134 / SH222 / HAAL80 / HAAL81 / HAAL82
Original Text from book
Lang, 2nd Lieut. (promoted to Lieut.) Menzies Charles Robinson, 63rd (West Suffolk) Regt., MR5, SH134 [= C.R. Lang] SH222 [= W.C.R. Lang] 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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