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
Worten
First Names
A
Rank
Lance Corpl
Regiment / Department
Madras Medical Department
Medal Rolls
MR5 / MR7
Source abbrevs
SH349 / HAAL80 / HAAL81 / HAAL82
Original Text from book
Worten, Lance-Corpl. A. (____) 2nd Battn. 15th (York-shire, East Riding) Regt., MR5 [n.refers to MR Misc. Vol., MR7, p. 215, where there is no additional ref.) [regt. no. unrec.]
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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