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
Povah
First Names
John Richard
Rank
Lieut and Capt
Regiment / Department
2nd Battalion 1st (The Royal Scots) Regt
Medal Rolls
MR4
Source abbrevs
HAAL79 / HAAL80 / HAAL81 / HAAL82 / SH141
Original Text from book
Povah, Lieut. and Capt. John Richard, 2nd Battn. 1st (The Royal Scots) Regt., MR4, HAAL:79; Capt., 102nd (Royal Madras Fusiliers) Regt., HAAL:80, HAAL:81, HAAL:82, SH141
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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