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
Williamson
First Names
John Gover
Rank
Surg
Regiment / Department
Army Medical Department (Bengal)
Medal Rolls
MR7
Source abbrevs
SH250 / HAAL79 / HAAL80 / HAAL81 / HAAL82
Original Text from book
Williamson, Surg. John Gover, Army Medical Department (Bengal) MR7 (2 refs.) crossed frontier 19 Aug. 1880, served in Kandahar occupation [Sept. 1880 - April 1881] under Gens. Phayre and Hume, SH250, 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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