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
Gough
First Names
Charles John Stanley
Rank
Col and Brig Gen Sir
Regiment / Department
Commandant 5th Regt Bengal Cavalry
Medal Rolls
MR8
Source abbrevs
SH128 / HAAL79 / HAAL80 / HAAL81 / HAAL82
Original Text from book
Gough, Col. and Brig.-Gen. Sir Charles John Stanley, V.C. (1832-1912) Bengal Cavalry, Commandant 5th Regt. Bengal Cavalry, Comanding 1st Bde. 2nd Div. Kabul Field Force, MR8 (2 refs.) SH128, HAAL:79, HAAL:80, HAAL:81, HAAL:82; mil. service Robson, Road to Kabul, p. 284, Parry, pp. 183, 318; biog. and photo Creagh and Humphris, The Victoria Cross, pp. 63-64; photo NAM (neg. 6175) Burke 73, (neg. 6181) Burke 161½, (neg. 6184) Burke 185, (neg. 45287), (neg. 45288), NAM 6510-212, p. 3, Burke 161, MacGregor, War in Afghanistan, p. 164, Burke 161½, Robson, Road to Kabul, 12th p. pls. fol. p. 156, Burke 161½, RVC, p. 124, no. 468; MS letters NAM acc. no. 8304-32 Press No: -37 + -38 FOL 19
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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