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
Finden
First Names
Woodforde
Rank
Surg Maj
Regiment / Department
2nd (Prince of Wales Own) Goorkha Regt (The Sirmoor Rifles)
Medal Rolls
MR8 / MR14
Source abbrevs
SH344 / HAAL79 / HAAL80 / HAAL81 / HAAL82
Original Text from book
Finden, Surg. Maj. Woodforde, 2nd (Prince of Wales Own) Goorkha Regt. (The Sirmoor Rifles) Bengal Medical Department, MR8 (2 refs.) SH344, HAAL:79, HAAL:80, HAAL:81, HAAL:82; Kabul Kandahar Field Force, Aug.-Sept. 1880, MR14 [= Finden, Surg. Maj. W. Woodford]
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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