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
O'Nial
First Names
John
Rank
Surg Maj Brigade Surg and Deputy Surg Gen
Regiment / Department
Army Medical Department (Bombay)
Medal Rolls
MR7
Source abbrevs
SH139 / SH248 / HAAL79 / HAAL80 / HAAL81 / HAAL82
Original Text from book
O'Nial, Surg. Maj., Brigade Surg., and Deputy Surg. Gen. John, Army Medical Department (Bombay) MR7 (2 refs.) Principal Medical 0fficer, Bombay Army, Feb. Oct. [1880] "Made the Medical arrangements for the whole Bombay Force during the war including the whole siege [of Kandahar]. Personally directed the medical arrangements of the Siege, the Sortie against Deh Khwaja and the Battle of Kandahar [1 Sept. 1880]" SH139, SH248, HAAL:79, HAAL:80, 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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