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
Williams
First Names
George Augustus
Rank
Lt Col and Bt Col
Regiment / Department
8th Regt. Bengal NI
Medal Rolls
MR8
Source abbrevs
SH268 / HAAL79 / HAAL80 / HAAL81 / HAAL82
Original Text from book
Williams, Lt.-Col. and Bt. Col. George Augustus, B.S.C., Commandant 8th Regt. Bengal N.I., MR8 (2 refs.) SH268 [= Maj.-Gen.] HAAL:79, HAAL:80; HAAL:81 and HAAL:82, retired as Maj.-Gen.
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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