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
Baskerville
First Names
Charles Herbert Lethbridge
Rank
2nd Lieut promoted to Lieut
Regiment / Department
51st (2nd Yorkshire West Riding) (The Kings Own Light Infantry) Regt
Medal Rolls / Victoria Cross
MR5
Source abbrevs
SH215 / HAAL80 / HAAL81 / HAAL82
Original Text from book
Baskerville, 2nd Lieut. (promoted to Lieut.) Charles Herbert Lethbridge, 51st (2nd Yorkshire, West Riding) (The Kings Own Light Infantry) Regt., MR5, SH215, 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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