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
Haig
First Names
Peter/Percy de Haga
Rank
Surg
Regiment / Department
4th Regiment Sikh Infantry
Medal Rolls
MR8
Source abbrevs
SH345 / HAAL79 / HAAL80/ HAAL81 / HAAL82
Original Text from book
Haig, Surg. Peter/Percy de Haga, Officiating 4th Regt. Sikh Infantry, P.F.F., Bengal Medical Department, SH345; MR8 (2 refs.) gives both Bengal Medical Service and Indian Medical Service, 1st phase; HAAL:79, HAAL:80, HAAL:81, HAAL:82 [gives both spellings of Chr. name]
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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