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
Watson
First Names
John H
Rank
Surg
Regiment / Department
1st Battn 5th (Northumberland Fusiliers) Regt Army Medical Department (Bengal)
Medal Rolls
MR4/ MR7
Source abbrevs
HAAL81 / HAAL82
Original Text from book
Watson, Surg. John H., M.D., 1st Battn. 5th (Northumberland Fusiliers) Regt., Army Medical Department (Bengal) MR4 [faint in copyflow and microfilm; has to be read inverted] MR7, HAAL:81, HAAL:82 [not in SH]
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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