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
Gordon
First Names
Alexander Weston
Rank
2nd Lieut
Regiment / Department
102nd (Royal Madras Fusiliers) Regt
Medal Rolls
MR8
Source abbrevs
HAAL79 / HAAL80 / HAAL81 / HAAL82 HAAL81
Original Text from book
Gordon, 2nd Lieut. Alexander Weston, 102nd (Royal Madras Fusiliers) Regt., HAAL:79, HAAL:80, HAAL:81, HAAL:82; B.S.C. (Probationer) attached 6th (Queens Own) Regt. Bengal N. (Light) I., MR8 (2 refs.) reverted to 102nd Regt. Foot, HAAL:81 [MR refs. confused; (Queens Own) is 2nd Regt. Bengal N.I., 6th is Bengal N. (Light) I.]
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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