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
Robertson
First Names
George Scott
Rank
Surg
Regiment / Department
Bengal Medical Department
Medal Rolls
MR3 / MR8
Source abbrevs
SH347 / HAAL79 / HAAL80 / HAAL81 / HAAL82
Original Text from book
Robertson, Surg. George Scott, Bengal Medical Department, MR3, MR8 (2 refs.) in medical charge No. 4 (Hazara) Mtn. Batt., P.F.F., 6 Feb. 9 Oct. 1880, SH347, HAAL:79, HAAL:80, HAAL:81, HAAL:82 [early travels in the Kafiristan region of south- eastern Afghanistan; see his Kafirs of the Hindu Kush (Ed.)]
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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