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
William David
Rank
Lieut
Regiment / Department
3rd Regt Sikh Infantry (PFF) Punjab Field Force Lieut
Medal Rolls
MR9/ MR14
Source abbrevs
SH309 / HAAL80 / HAAL81 / HAAL82
Bibliography / Text abbrevs
photo NAM / Burke
Original Text from book
Gordon, Lieut. William David, B.S.C. (Probationer) 3rd Regt. Sikh Infantry, P.F.F., MR9, SH309, HAAL:80, HAAL:81, HAAL:82; Lieut., 17th (The Leicester-shire) Regt. Foot, HAAL:79, HAAL:80, HAAL:81; B.S.C. (Probationer) Kabul Kandahar Field Force, Aug. Sept. 1880, MR14, 3rd Regt. Sikh Infantry, P.F.F.; photo NAM (neg. 6213) Burke 176
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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