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
de Burgh
First Names
Thomas Francis Hussey
Rank
Lieut and Instr of Musketry [promoted to Capt]
Regiment / Department
1st Battn 17th (The Leicestershire) Regt
Medal Rolls
MR5
Source abbrevs
SH208 / HAAL79 / HAAL80 / HAAL81 / HAAL82
Original Text from book
de Burgh, Lieut. and Instr. of Musketry (promoted to Capt.) Thomas Francis Hussey, 1st Battn. 17th (The Leicestershire) Regt., MR5, SH208, 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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