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
Lawford
First Names
Eustace Edward Melville
Rank
Lieut
Regiment / Department
1st Regt Madras Light Cavalry
Medal Rolls
MR7 / MR10
Source abbrevs
SH134 / SH317 / HAAL79 / HAAL80 / HAAL81 / HAAL82
Original Text from book
Lawford, Lieut. Eustace Edward Melville, M.S.C., 1st Regt. Madras Light Cavalry, MR7, Transport Service, MR10, "at battle of Kandahar [1 Sept. 1880] in charge of water mules for wounded," SH134, SH317 [= E.E.W.] 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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