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
Buchanan
First Names
Robert Francis
Rank
Surg Maj
Regiment / Department
2nd Battn 8th (The Kings) Reg
Medal Rolls / Victoria Cross
MR4 / MR7 [2 refs]
Source abbrevs
SH244 / HAAL79 / HAAL80 / HAAL81 / HAAL82
Original Text from book
Buchanan, Surg. Maj. Robert Francis, Staff, 2nd Battn. 8th (The Kings) Regt., MR4; Army Medical Depart-ment (Bengal) MR4, MR7 [= Surg.] (2 refs.) during 1st phase, 23 Dec. 1878 6 Feb. 1879, in medical charge of Left Wing of 2nd Battn. (The Kings) Regt., SH244, HAAL:79, HAAL:80, HAAL:81, HAAL:82
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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