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
Ross
First Names
Thomas Gally
Rank
Lt Col
Regiment / Department
14th Regt Bengal Cavalry (Lancers)
Medal Rolls
MR9
Died / Killed / KIA
1881
Source abbrevs
SH262 / HAAL79 / HAAL80 / HAAL81 / HAAL82
Original Text from book
Ross, Lt. Col. Thomas Gally, B.S.C., [Officiating] Commandant 14th Regt. Bengal Cavalry (Lancers) MR9, SH262, HAAL:79, HAAL:80, HAAL:81, HAAL:82, p. 658 (deceased 1881) [day, month and place unrec.]
Transcriber remarks
[BSC] Bengal Staff Corps / deceased. 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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