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
Venour
First Names
Edwin
Rank
Lt Col promoted to Col
Regiment / Department
5th Regt Bengal N (Light) I
Medal Rolls
MR8
Source abbrevs
SH267 / HAAL79 / HAAL80 / HAAL81 / HAAL82
Original Text from book
Venour, Lt.-Col. (promoted to Col.) Edwin, Bengal Infantry, Commandant 5th Regt. Bengal N. (Light) I., MR8 (2 refs.) Kurram Line 1879-1880, SH267, 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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