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
Thorp
First Names
Robert Crossing
Rank
Surg
Regiment / Department
5th Regt Bombay N (Light) I
Medal Rolls
MR9
Source abbrevs
SH352 / HAAL79 / HAAL80 / HAAL81 / HAAL82
Original Text from book
Thorp, Surg. Robert Crossing, M.D., 5th Regt. Bombay N. (Light) I., MR9, Bombay Medical Department, SH352 [= Surg.-Maj.] 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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