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
Orr
First Names
Charles James/John
Rank
Lieut
Regiment / Department
1st Infantry Regiment Hyderabad Contingent
Medal Rolls
MR11
Source abbrevs
HAAL80 / HAAL81 / HAAL82 / SH314 / HAAL79
Original Text from book
B.S.C., 1st Infantry Regt., Hyderabad Contingent, MR11 [= Charles John] HAAL:80, HAAL:81; 3rd Infantry Regt., Hyderabad Contingent, HAAL:82; 5th Regt. Punjab Infantry, P.F.F., SH314; Lieut. 14th (The Buckinghamshire) Regt. (The Prince of Wales Own) HAAL:79
Transcriber remarks
[BSC] Bengal Staff Corps / [PFF] Punjabi Field or Frontier Force
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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