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
Prendergast
First Names
Charles Lewis
Rank
Capt promoted to Maj
Regiment / Department
General List Bengal Infantry
Medal Rolls
MR8
Source abbrevs
SH141 / HAAL79 / HAAL80 / HAAL81 / HAAL82
Original Text from book
Prendergast, Capt. (promoted to Maj.) Charles Lewis, General List, Bengal Infantry, MR8 (2 refs.) attached to Survey Department; Deputy Judge Advocate with Khyber Line Force and Maj.-Gen. [James] Hills Div. Kabul Field Force 23 March 7 Sept. 1880, SH141, 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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