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
Bracken
First Names
Richard D'Oyly Compton
Rank
Lt Col
Regiment / Department
Regt Sikh Infantry PFF
Medal Rolls / Victoria Cross
MR9
Source abbrevs
MR9 / SH308 / HAAL79 / HAAL80 / HAAL81 / HAAL82
Original Text from book
Bracken, Lt. Col. Richard D0yly Compton, B.S.C., 2nd (or Hill) Regt. Sikh Infantry, P.F.F., MR9, SH308, HAAL:79, HAAL:80, HAAL:81, HAAL:82, retired as Maj.-Gen. 11 March 1880
Transcriber remarks
[BSC] Bengal Staff Corps / [PFF] Punjab Frontier or Field Force
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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