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
Downes
First Names
William Knox
Rank
Lieut
Regiment / Department
18th (The Royal Irish) Regt
Medal Rolls
MR8
Source abbrevs
HAAL79 / HAAL80 / HAAL81 / HAAL82
Original Text from book
Downes, Lieut. William Knox, 18th (The Royal Irish) Regt., HAAL:79, HAAL:80, HAAL:81; B.S.C. (Provisionally) 11th Regt. Bengal N.I., MR8 (2 refs.) HAAL:81; B.S.C., 11 Regt. Bengal N.I., 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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