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
Brodie
First Names
John
Rank
Surg MB
Regiment / Department
Army Medical Department (Madras)
Medal Rolls / Victoria Cross
MR7 / MR13
Source abbrevs
SH243 / HAAL79 / HAAL80 / HAAL81 / HAAL82
Original Text from book
Brodie, Surg. John, M.B., Army Medical Department (Madras) MR7, served throughout war; at Ali Musjid 21 Nov. 1878, and Peiwar Kotal 2 Dec. 1878, and Ahmed Khel 19 April l880 SH243, HAAL:79, HAAL:80, HAAL:81, HAAL:82; Kabul Kandahar Field Force, Aug. Sept. 1880, MR13, with F Section Field Hospital
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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