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
Gaselee
First Names
Alfred
Rank
Capt
Regiment / Department
4th Regt Punjab Infantry
Medal Rolls
MR8 / MR14
Source abbrevs
SH127 / SH313 / HAAL79 / HAAL80 / HAAL81 / HAAL82
Original Text from book
Gaselee, Capt. Alfred, B.S.C., 4th Regt. Punjab Infantry, P.F.F., MR8 (2 refs.) crossed frontier at Lehri 18 Dec. 1878, recrossed at Sibi 25 Oct. 1880, SH127, SH313, HAAL:79, HAAL:80, HAAL:81, HAAL:82; Kabul-Kandahar Field Force, Aug.-Sept. 1880, MR14, Deputy Asst. Qr.-Mr. Gen. (2 refs.); photo Ellis no. 6
Transcriber remarks
[BSC] Bengal Staff Corps / [PFF] Punjab Frontier or Field Force
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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