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
Branson
First Names
Charles Edward Douglas
Rank
Bt Maj
Regiment / Department
29th (Punjab) Regt Bengal NI
Medal Rolls / Victoria Cross
MR10
Source abbrevs
SH286 / HAAL79 / HAAL80 / HAAL81 / HAAL82
Original Text from book
Branson, Bt. Maj. Charles Edward Douglas, General List, Bengal Infantry, 29th (Punjab) Regt. Bengal N.I., SH286, HAAL:79, HAAL:80, HAAL:81, HAAL:82; 31st (Punjab) Regt. Bengal N.I., MR10
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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