Dr William Dr Brydon^[1]

1811 - 1873  (61 years)

• Name	William Dr Brydon
  Prefix	Dr
  Born	11 Oct 1811
  Gender	Male
  Occupation	Surgeon-Major
  Died	20 Mar 1873
  Age	61 years
  Buried	Rosemarkie Churchyard, Highland, Scotland
  Person ID	I1016	Curtis Hayward
  Last Modified	14 Aug 2020

  
  

  Family	Colina Maxwell Macintyre,   b. 1820,   d. 1890  (Age 70 years)
  Married	1844
  Last Modified	14 Aug 2020
  Family ID	F371	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• Notes

  is the soldier surgeon who was the sole survivor in the 1st anglo afghan war whose portrait is/was hanging in the tate gallery.he was the only one out of approx 17000 people that survived the trek of about a hundred miles to jalalabad and even then it is said they let him go to tell his story.to glean more of this story try and find ( a lecture to the history group by peter mcloughlin) Also survived the siege of Lucknow and died in his bed in Scotland 15 years later.

  
  

• Sources

  [S93] page Web Site, peter page, Dr William Brydon (Reliability: 3), 8 Mar 2015. Added by confirming a Smart Match