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William Brydon CB (* 10. Oktober 1811; † 20. März 1873) war ein Assistenzarzt in der britischen Armee der East India Company im ersten Anglo-Afghanischen Krieg. Bekannt wurde er als angeblich der einzige Überlebende einer Armee von 4500 Mann, der sich, am Ende des langen Rückzugs aus Kabul nach Dschalalabad, in Sicherheit ...
William Brydon CB (10 October 1811 – 20 March 1873) was a British doctor who was 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 1842 ...
- Assistant surgeon
- Rosemarkie churchyard
Assistant Surgeon William Brydon, who was riding a pony taken from a mortally wounded officer after being begged by the man not to let it fall into anyone else's hands, continued on despite him and his pony being severely wounded in several skirmishes with roaming bands of Afghans.
- 6–13 January 1842
- Afghan victory
11. Nov. 2020 · Eased down from his horse and barely alive, Dr. William Brydon was the sole survivor of 17,000 men, women and children massacred by Afghan tribesmen. It’s early January, 1842. The bitter cold...
27. Aug. 2021 · William Brydon was a British officer who escaped from Kabul to Jalalabad in 1842, after a failed invasion of Afghanistan. He was the only survivor of a 16,500-strong army that faced a brutal ambush by Afghan tribesmen in the Khyber Pass.
8. Feb. 2017 · Learn how William Brydon, an Assistant Surgeon, was the only survivor of the British Army that retreated from Kabul in 1842 during the First Anglo-Afghan War. Read his account of his amazing escape and the British military humiliation in Afghanistan.
23. Aug. 2021 · Nur ein Europäer, der Regimentsarzt William Brydon, erreichte lebend Dschalalabad im heutigen Afghanistan. „Vernichtet ist das ganze Heer, / Mit dreizehntausend der Zug begann, Einer kam heim...
