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
Pycroft
First Names
George
Rank
Lieut
Regiment / Department
5th Regt Punjab Cavalry
Medal Rolls
MR8
Died / Killed / KIA
28 Aug 1880
Source abbrevs
SH304 / HAAL80 / HAAL81 / HAAL79
Original Text from book
Pycroft, Lieut. George, B.S.C., 5th Regt. Punjab Cavalry, MR8 (2 refs.) d. Edwardesabad 28 Aug. 1880, SH304, HAAL:80, HAAL:81, p. 657; 25th (The Kings Own Borderers) Regt., HAAL:79
Transcriber remarks
[BSC] Bengal Staff Corps / [d] died. Also listed in Annex 2, MORTALITY. Trousdale The British in Afghanistan 1878 -1881.
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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