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
James Lewis Joseph
Rank
Capt
Regiment / Department
59th (2nd Nottinghamshire) RegtThe Prince of Wales Leinster Regt (Royal Canadian)
Medal Rolls
MR5
Source abbrevs
SH217 / HAAL79 / HAAL80 / HAAL81/ HAAL82
Bibliography / Text abbrevs
photo Ellis
Original Text from book
Gordon, Capt. James Lewis Joseph, 59th (2nd Nottinghamshire) Regt., MR5, SH217, HAAL:79, HAAL:80, HAAL:81; The Prince of wales Leinster Regt. (Royal Canadian) HAAL:82; photo Ellis no, 167 [= T.L.J. Gordon]
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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