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
Younghusband
First Names
George John
Rank
2nd Lieut promoted to Lieut
Regiment / Department
1st Battn 17th (The Leicestershire) Regt
Medal Rolls
MR5 / MR8
Source abbrevs
SH208 / HAAL79 / HAAL80 / HAAL81 / HAAL81
Original Text from book
Younghusband, 2nd Lieut. (promoted to Lieut.) George John, 1st Battn. 17th (The Leicestershire) Regt., MR5, SH208, HAAL:79, HAAL:80, HAAL:81 [Index: for p. 259, read p. 256] HAAL:81 [Index: for p. 259, read p. 256]; B.S.C. (Probationer) Queens Own Corps of Guides, P.F.F., MR8 (2 refs.)
Transcriber remarks
[BSC] Bengal Staff Corps / [PFF] Punjab Frontier or Field Force
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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