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
Sullivan Edward
Rank
Capt promoted to Maj
Regiment / Department
2nd (Prince of Wales Own) Goorkha Regt
Medal Rolls / Victoria Cross
MR8 [2refs] / MR14
Source abbrevs
SH293 / HAAL79 / HAAL80 / HAAL81 / HAAL82
Original Text from book
Becher, Capt. (promoted to Maj.) Sullivan Edward, General List, Bengal Infantry, 2nd (Prince of Wales Own) Goorkha Regt., MR8 (2 refs.) SH293, HAAL:79, HAAL:80, HAAL:81, HAAL:82; Kabul Kandahar Field Force, Aug. Sept. 1880, MR14, Maj. with 2nd (Prince of Wales Own) Goorkha 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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