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
Willcocks
First Names
James
Rank
2nd Lieut promoted to Lieut
Regiment / Department
100th (Prince of Wales Royal Canadian) Regt
Medal Rolls
MR6 / MR2
Source abbrevs
HAAL79 / HAAL80 / HAAL81 / HAAL82 / SH148
Bibliography / Text abbrevs
From Kabul to Kumassi Twenty-four Years of Soldiering and Sport / The Romance of Soldiering and Sport
Original Text from book
Willcocks, 2nd Lieut. (promoted to Lieut.) James, 100th (Prince of Wales Royal Canadian) Regt., MR6, HAAL:79, HAAL:80, HAAL:81, HAAL:82, SH148; R.E. (Bombay Sappers and Miners) MR2; pub. From Kabul to Kumassi: Twenty-four Years of Soldiering and Sport, London: John Murray, 1904, The Romance of Soldiering and Sport, London, 1925
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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