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
Robotham
First Names
John Gustavus/Augustus Clifford
Rank
Lieut promoted to Capt
Regiment / Department
1st Battn 63rd (West Suffolk) Regt
Medal Rolls
MR5 / MR5
Source abbrevs
HAAL79 / HAAL80 / HAAL81 / HAAL82
Original Text from book
Robotham, Lieut. (promoted to Capt.) John Gustavus/ Augustus Clifford, 1st Battn. 63rd (West Suffolk) Regt., MR5 [name struck out; perhaps did not cross frontier; not in SH] HAAL:79, HAAL:80, HAAL:81, HAAL:82 [= J. Augustus C.]; there is a 2nd entry in MR5 as Capt. John Augustus Clifford Robotham, 1st Battn. 63rd (West Suffolk) Regt., and surely the same person is indicated; J.A.C. Robotham not in SH, HAAL]
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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