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
Jones
First Names
Melville George
Rank
Hon Brigade Surg
Regiment / Department
51st (2nd Yorkshire West Riding) (The Kings Own Light Infantry) Regt
Medal Rolls
MR5
Source abbrevs
SH246 / HAAL79 HAAL80 HAAL81 HAAL82
Original Text from book
Jones, Hon. Brigade Surg. Melville George, 51st (2nd Yorkshire, West Riding) (The Kings Own Light Infantry) Regt., MR5 [= Surg. Maj.]; Army Medical Department (Bengal) SH246, HAAL:79 and HAAL:80 [= Surg. Maj.] HAAL:81 and HAAL:82, Hon. Brigade Surg., retired, h.p.
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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