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
Thruston
First Names
John Walker
Rank
Lieut
Regiment / Department
27th (Punjab) Regt Bengal NI
Medal Rolls
MR9
Source abbrevs
HAAL80 / HAAL81 / SH205 / HAAL79 / HAAL80
Original Text from book
Thruston, Lieut. John Walker, B.S.C. (Probationer) 27th (Punjab) Regt. Bengal N.I., MR9, HAAL:80, HAAL:81; reverted to 14th (The Buckinghamshire) Regt. (The Prince of Wales Own) SH205 [= Capt.] HAAL:79, HAAL:80
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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