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
Spankie
First Names
John Patrick Walter
Rank
Lieut
Regiment / Department
1st Goorkha Regt (Light Infantry)
Medal Rolls
MR8
Source abbrevs
SH292 / HAAL80 / HAAL81 / HAAL82 / HAAL79
Original Text from book
Spankie, Lieut. John Patrick Walter, B.S.C., 1st Goorkha Regt. (Light Infantry) trans. from 3rd Goorkha (Kemaoon) Regt., MR8 (2 refs.) SH292, HAAL:80, HAAL:81, HAAL:82; 22nd Regt. Foot, HAAL:79
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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