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
Gerard
First Names
Montagu Gilbert
Rank
Bt Maj
Regiment / Department
2nd Regt The Central India Horse
Medal Rolls
MR8 / MR14
Source abbrevs
SH127 / SH315 / HAAL79 / HAAL80 / HAAL81 / HAAL82
Bibliography / Text abbrevs
photo NAM / Burke
Original Text from book
Gerard, Bt. Maj. Montagu Gilbert, B.S.C., 2nd Regt. The Central India Horse, MR8 (2 refs.) SH127, SH315, HAAL:79, HAAL:80, HAAL:81; B.S.C., 1st Regt. The Central India Horse, HAAL:82; Kabul-Kandahar Field Force, Aug.-Sept. 1880, MR14; photo NAM (neg. 6184) Burke 185; pub. Leaves from the Diaries of a Soldier and Sportsman ... in India, Afghanistan, Egypt and Other Countries, 1865-1885, London: John Murray, 1903
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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