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
Findlay
First Names
John
Rank
Surg
Regiment / Department
Army Medical Department (Bombay)
Medal Rolls
MR7
Source abbrevs
SH245 / HAAL79 / HAAL80 / HAAL81 / HAAL82
Original Text from book
Findlay, Surg. John, M.B., Army Medical Department (Bombay) MR7, served with No. 1 Field Hospital, Southern Afghanistan Field Force from its foundation to its dissolution in Nov. 1880; this hospital attended to Bombay troops employed in the Battle of Kandahar 1 Sept. 1880; afterwards assigned to the Head Quarters of the Bengal troops, SH245, 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.
If you found this useful then why not join FIBIS to get all the benefits from membership and help this work to continue. You can now join on-line in the FIBIS Shop...