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
Hutchinson
First Names
Alexander John Ross
Rank
2nd Lieut promoted to Lieut
Regiment / Department
1st Battalion 12th (East Suffolk) Regiment
Medal Rolls
MR4
Source abbrevs
SH203 / HAAL79 / HAAL80 / HAAL81 / HAAL82
Original Text from book
Hutchinson, 2nd Lieut. (promoted to Lieut.) Alexander John Ross, 1st Battn. 12th (East Suffolk) Regt., MR4, (B.S.C.) SH203, HAAL:79, HAAL:80, HAAL:81; B.S.C., 11th (Prince of Wales Own) Regt. Bengal Cavalry (Lancers) HAAL:81, HAAL:82
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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