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
Becher
First Names
Arthur William Reddie
Rank
Capt promoted to Maj
Regiment / Department
16th Regt Bengal Cavalry
Medal Rolls / Victoria Cross
MR8 [2refs]
Source abbrevs
SH119 / HAAL79 /HAAL80 / HAAL81 / HAAL82
Original Text from book
Becher, Capt. (promoted to Maj.) Arthur William Reddie, General List, Bengal Cavalry, 16th Regt. Bengal Cavalry, Superintendent of Transport, Kandahar Line, 18 Oct. 1878 27 Jan. 1880, MR8 (2 refs., one giving surname Becker) SH119 [= Becker] 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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