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
Biddulph
First Names
Middleton Westenra
Rank
Lieut
Regiment / Department
2nd Battn 5th (Northumberland Fusiliers) Regt
Medal Rolls / Victoria Cross
MR4 / MR7 [2refs]
Source abbrevs
SH119 / SH193 / HAAL79 / HAAL80 / HAAL81 / HAAL82
Original Text from book
Biddulph, Lieut. Middleton Westenra, 2nd Battn. 5th (Northumberland Fusiliers) Regt., SH119, SH193, MR4 [= init. W. only] HAAL:79, HAAL:80, HAAL:81, HAAL:82; Staff, Signalling, crossed frontier 22 Aug. 1880, employed on Communications and Signalling at Kandahar, MR7 (2 refs.)
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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