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
Purvis
First Names
Herbert Mark Garrett
Rank
Lt Col and Bt Col
Regiment / Department
Royal Artillery
Medal Rolls
MR3
Source abbrevs
SH141 / SH175 / HAAL79 / HAAL80 / HAAL81 / HAAL82
Original Text from book
Purvis, Lt. Col. and Bt. Col. Herbert Mark Garrett, R.A., Commanding R.A. Khyber Line Force, MR3, SH141, SH175, 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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