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
Skerry
First Names
Charles James
Rank
Col
Regiment / Department
81st (Loyal Lincoln Volunteers) Regt
Source abbrevs
SH235 / HAAL79 / HAAL80
Original Text from book
Skerry, Col. Charles James, 81st (Loyal Lincoln Volunteers) Regt., SH235, HAAL:79 [= Bt. Lt. Col.] HAAL:80 [Maj. retired as Col.]
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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