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
Preston
First Names
Alexander Francis
Rank
Surg Maj
Regiment / Department
Army Medical Department (Bombay)
Medal Rolls
MR7
Source abbrevs
SH248 / HAAL79 / HAAL80 / HAAL81 / HAAL82
Original Text from book
Preston, Surg. Maj. Alexander Francis, M.B., Army Medical Department (Bombay) MR7 (2 refs.) [= Frances] served with Southern Afghanistan Field Force, at Helmand river, Maiwand, and Siege of Kandahar [Aug. 1880] SH248, HAAL:79, HAAL:80, HAAL:81, HAAL:82 [poss. ident. to following]
Transcriber remarks
[poss ident to following] Preston Surg Maj Alexander Preston
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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