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William Brydon

Assistant surgeon in the British East India co

Died when: 61 years 161 days (737 months)
Star Sign: Libra

 

William Brydon

William Brydon CB (10 October 1811 – 20 March 1873) was an assistant surgeon in the British East India Company Army during the First Anglo-Afghan War, famous for reportedly being the only member of an army of 4,500 men, plus 12,000 accompanying civilians, to reach safety in Jalalabad at the end of the long retreat from Kabul.

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