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
Sarkies
First Names
Sarkies Carrapiet
Rank
Surg
Regiment / Department
29th (Punjab) Regt Bengal NI
Medal Rolls
MR9 / MR12
Source abbrevs
SH349/ HAAL79/ HAAL80/ HAAL81/ HAAL82
Original Text from book
Sarkies, Surg. Sarkies Carrapiet, 29th (Punjab) Regt. Bengal N.I., MR9, Madras Medical Department, crossed frontier 20 Aug. 1880, served at Kandahar under Gens. Roberts, Phayre and Hume, MR12 (2 refs.) SH349, 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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