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
Patch
First Names
Robert
Rank
Capt
Regiment / Department
with 1st Div Peshawar Valley Field Force
Medal Rolls
MR8
Source abbrevs
HAAL79 / HAAL80 / HAAL81 / HAAL82
Original Text from book
Patch, Capt. Robert, B.S.C., Deputy Asst. Commissary Gen. (1st Class) with 1st Div. Peshawar Valley Field Force, 1 May 13 June 1879, MR8 (2 refs.) 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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