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
Carruthers
First Names
James
Rank
Private
Soldier No
1222
Regiment / Department
59th (2nd Nottinghamshire) Regt
Died / Killed / KIA
24 Oct 1879
Source abbrevs
F80
Original Text from book
Carruthers, Private James (1222) 59th (2nd Nottinghamshire) Regt., F80, KIA Shajui 24 Oct. 1879 [ident. to Caruthers, Private James (1888) q.v.]
Transcriber remarks
[KIA] Killed in Action. Also listed in Annex 2, MORTALITY. Trousdale The British in Afghanistan 1878 -1881.
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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