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
Westropp
First Names
George Ralph Collier
Rank
2nd Lieut promoted to Lieut
Regiment / Department
Bombay Staff Corps Transport
Medal Rolls
MR7 / MR10
Source abbrevs
HAAL79 / HAAL80 / HAAL81 / HAAL82
Original Text from book
Westropp, 2nd Lieut. (promoted to Lieut.) George Ralph Collier, Bo.S.C., Transport, MR7, Transport Service, MR10 [= Westrop]; 83rd (County Dublin) Regt., HAAL:79, HAAL:80, HAAL:81; HAAL:82 [faulty ref.]
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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