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
Watson
First Names
Robert John
Rank
Capt and Bt Maj
Regiment / Department
1st Battn 29th (Worcestershire) Regt
Source abbrevs
HAAL79 / HAAL80 / HAAL81 / HAAL82/ SH147 / SH218
Original Text from book
Watson, Capt. and Bt. Maj. Robert John, 1st Battn. 29th (Worcestershire) Regt., HAAL:79, HAAL:80, HAAL:81 [Index: for p. 276, read p. 273] HAAL:82 [Index: for p. 276, read p. 273]; attached 59th (2nd Nottinghamshire) Regt., SH147, SH218
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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