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
Westmorland
First Names
Charles Henry
Rank
Lieut
Regiment / Department
6th Regt. Bengal N. (Light) I
Medal Rolls
MR8
Source abbrevs
SH267 / HAAL79 / HAAL80 / HAAL81 / HAAL82
Original Text from book
Westmorland, Lieut. Charles Henry, B.S.C., 6th Regt. Bengal N. (Light) I., MR8 (2 refs.) SH267, HAAL:79, HAAL:80, HAAL:81, HAAL:82 [both MR8 refs. give 6th (Queens Own) Regt. Bengal N. (Light) I.; (Queens Own) is 2nd Regt. Bengal N.L.I.]
Transcriber remarks
[BSC] Bengal Staff Corps / [NLI] Native Light Infantry
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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