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
Scallon
First Names
Robert Irwin
Rank
Lieut
Regiment / Department
29th Regt Bombay NI
Medal Rolls
MR9 / MR14
Source abbrevs
SH335 / HAAL80 / HAAL81 / HAAL82 / HAAL79
Original Text from book
Scallon, Lieut. Robert Irwin. Bo.S.C., 29th Regt. Bombay N.I., 2nd Belooch Regt., MR9, SH335; 23rd Regt. Bombay N. (Light) I., SH335, HAAL:80, HAAL:81, HAAL:82; 72nd (Duke of Albanyss Own Highlanders) Regt., HAAL:79; Kabul Kandahar Field Force, Aug. Sept. 1880, MR14, 29th Regt. Bombay N.I., 2nd Belooch Regt.
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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