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
Wemyss
First Names
Binfield
Rank
Capt
Regiment / Department
Bengal Infantry 41st (The Gwalior) Regt Bengal NI
Medal Rolls
MR8
Source abbrevs
SH290 / HAAL79 / HAAL80 / HAAL81 / HAAL82
Original Text from book
Wemyss, Capt. Binfield, General List, Bengal Infantry, 41st (The Gwalior) Regt. Bengal N.I., MR8 (2 refs.) 2nd phase, Khyber Line Force, SH290, HAAL:79, HAAL:80, HAAL:81 [Index: for p. 451, read p. 452] HAAL:82 [Index: for p. 451, read p. 452]
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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