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
Drury
First Names
Francis Macdonald
Rank
Lieut
Regiment / Department
41st (The Gwalior) Regt Bengal (NI) Native Infantry
Medal Rolls
MR8
Source abbrevs
HAAL81 / HAAL82. / HAAL79 / HAAL80
Original Text from book
Drury, Lieut. Francis Macdonald, B.S.C., 41st (The Gwalior) Regt. Bengal N.I., 2nd phase with Khyber Line Force, MR8 (2 refs.) HAAL:81, HAAL:82; 3rd (East Kent The Buffs) Regt., HAAL:79, HAAL:80
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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