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
Welchman
First Names
Arthur John Tregonwell
Rank
Capt promoted to Bt Maj
Regiment / Department
Bengal Infantry 7th Regt Bengal Cavalry
Medal Rolls
MR8 / MR8
Source abbrevs
HAAL79 / HAAL80 / HAAL81 / HAAL82 / SH147 / SH310
Original Text from book
Welchman, Capt. (promoted to Bt, Maj.) Arthur John Tregonwell, General List, Bengal Infantry, 7th Regt. Bengal Cavalry, MR8, HAAL:79, HAAL:80, HAAL:81, HAAL:82, SH147; Superintendent of Transport, 2nd Bde. 1st Div. Kurram Valley Field Force, 1st phase, MR8 (2 refs.); 3rd Regt. Sikh Infantry, SH310
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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