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
Holmes
First Names
Lieut and Qr Mr
Rank
William Nassau
Regiment / Department
2nd Battn 60th The Kings Royal Rifle Corps
Medal Rolls
MR5 / MR13
Source abbrevs
SH220 / HAAL79 / HAAL80 / HAAL81 / HAAL82
Bibliography / Text abbrevs
photo Ellis
Original Text from book
Holmes, Lieut. and Qr. Mr. William Nassau, 2nd Battn. 60th The Kings Royal Rifle Corps. MR5, SH220 [= Qr. Mr. W.N. Holmes] HAAL:79, HAAL:80, HAAL:81, HAAL:82, retired as Hon. Capt.; Qr. Mr., Kabul Kandahar Field Force, Aug. Sept. 1880, MR13; photo Ellis no. 172 [= Hon. Maj. and Qr. Mr. 2/60 Rifles; poss. confusion with Holmes, Sergt. Maj. W., q.v.]
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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