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
Ferrier
First Names
Alexander
Rank
Rev MA
Regiment / Department
with 1st Battn 72nd (Duke of Albanys Own Highlanders) Regt
Medal Rolls
MR6 / MR9 / MR13 / MR14
Source abbrevs
HAAL79 / HAAL80 / HAAL81 / HAAL82
Original Text from book
Ferrier, Rev. Alexander, M.A., Bengal Ecclesiastical Establishment, Asst. Chaplain, Church of Scotland, with 1st Battn. 72nd (Duke of Albanys Own Highlanders) Regt., MR6, MR9, HAAL:79, HAAL:80, HAAL:81, HAAL:82; Kabul-Kandahar Field Force, Aug. Sept. 1880, MR13 [struck out] MR14
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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