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
Lindsay
First Names
Charles Carmichael
Rank
Lieut promoted to Capt
Regiment / Department
No 4 (Hazara) (Mtn) Mountain Batt PFF
Medal Rolls
MR3 / MR8
Source abbrevs
SH179 / HAAL79 / HAAL80 / HAAL81 / HAAL82
Original Text from book
Lindsay, Lieut. (promoted to Capt.) Charles Carmichael, R.A., No. 4 (Hazara) Mtn. Batt., P.F.F., MR3, MR8, also N/6 R.A., SH179, HAAL:79, HAAL:80, HAAL:81, HAAL:82
Transcriber remarks
[RA] Royal Artillery / [PFF] Punjab Frontier or Field Force / [N/6 RA] N Battery 6th Brigade Royal Artillery
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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