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
Pirie
First Names
Charles Patrick William
Rank
2nd Lieut
Regiment / Department
2nd Battalion 11th (North Devonshire) Regt
Medal Rolls
MR4 / MR7
Source abbrevs
SH201 / HAAL80 / HAAL81 / HAAL82 / HAAL79
Original Text from book
Pirie, 2nd Lieut. Charles Patrick William, 2nd Battn. 11th (North Devonshire) Regt., MR4 [struck out] MR7, crossed frontier 22 Aug. 1880, employed on Communications and Signalling at Kandahar, SH201, HAAL:80, HAAL:81, HAAL:82; 2nd Lieut. 105th (Madras Light Infantry) Regt., HAAL:79
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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