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
Bigger
First Names
Samuel Furguson
Rank
Surg
Regiment / Department
13th (The Shekhawattee) Regt Bengal NI
Medal Rolls / Victoria Cross
MR9
Source abbrevs
SH342 / HAAL79 / HAAL80 / HAAL81 / HAAL82
Original Text from book
Bigger, Surg. Samuel Ferguson, 13th (The Shekhawattee) Regt. Bengal N.I., Bengal Medical Department, MR9, SH342, HAAL:79, HAAL:80, HAAL:81, HAAL:82
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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