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
Ravenshaw
First Names
Herbert Edward
Rank
Lieut
Regiment / Department
1st Regt the Central India Horse
Medal Rolls
MR8 / MR14
Died / Killed / KIA
13 Oct 1880
Source abbrevs
SH315 / HAAL79 / HAAL80 / HAAL81 / HAAL82
Original Text from book
Ravenshaw, Lieut. Herbert Edward, B.S.C., 1st Regt. The Central India Horse, MR8 (2 refs.) SH315, HAAL:79, HAAL:80, HAAL:81, HAAL:82, p. 658a; Kabul Kandahar Field Force, Aug. Sept. 1880, MR14, Qr. Mr. 1st Regt. The Central India Horse, d. Meean Meer 13 Oct. 1880
Transcriber remarks
[BSC] Bengal Staff Corps / [d] died. Also listed in Annex 2, MORTALITY. Trousdale The British in Afghanistan 1878-1881.
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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