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
Long
First Names
Alexander
Rank
Surg Maj
Regiment / Department
63rd (West Suffolk) Regt
Medal Rolls
MR7
Source abbrevs
SH247 / HAAL79 / HAAL80 / HAAL81 / HAAL82
Original Text from book
Long, Surg. Maj. Alexander, Army Medical Department (Madras) MR7 (2 refs.) served with 63rd (West Suffolk) Regt. from 18 Aug. 1880, with Gen. Phayres force, served at Kandahar during occupation [Sept. 1880 April 1881] SH247, 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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