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
Onslow
First Names
Richard Cranley
Rank
Lieut
Regiment / Department
10th (The Duke of Cambridges Own) Regiment
Medal Rolls
MR9 / MR4
Source abbrevs
SH203 / SH257 / HAAL79 / HAAL80 /HAAL81 / HAAL82
Original Text from book
Onslow, Lieut. Richard Cranley, B.S.C., 10th (The Duke of Cambridges Own) Regt. Bengal Cavalry (Lancers) MR9; lst Battn. 12th (East Suffolk) MR9, SH203, SH257, HAAL:81, HAAL:82; 1st Battn. 12th (East Suffolk) Regt., MR4 [= 2nd Lieut.] HAAL:79, HAAL:80
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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