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    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...
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    column commanded by Elphinstone, only one European (Assistant Surgeon William Brydon) and a few Indian sepoys reached Jalalabad. Over one hundred British...
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    Robert Brydon Jones MBE (/ˈbraɪdən/; born 3 May 1965) is a Welsh actor, comedian, impressionist, presenter, singer and writer. Brydon gained prominence...
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  • British nurse Paul Brydon (born 1951), New Zealand road and track cyclist Rob Brydon (born 1965), Welsh actor and comedian William Brydon (1811–1873), assistant...
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  • W.B. Brydon (born William Brydon Bell; 20 September 1933) is a British actor. Brydon is primarily known as an actor, best known for the feature films...
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    oil-on-canvas painting by Elizabeth Thompson, Lady Butler. It depicts William Brydon, assistant surgeon in the Bengal Army, arriving at the gates of Jalalabad...
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    at the Gandamak pass before the only survivor, the assistant surgeon William Brydon, reached the besieged garrison at Jalalabad on 13 January 1842. Wazir...
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    who were taken prisoner. The only soldier to reach Jalalabad was Dr. William Brydon and several sepoys over the following nights. Another source states...
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    wife, Margaret Mackenzie. Of his sisters, one married the army surgeon William Brydon, one of the few European survivors of the 1842 retreat from Kabul, and...
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  • pilot who flew 487 types of aircraft, more than anyone else in history William Brydon, the only person to reach safety in the 1842 retreat from Kabul James...
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    captive by the Ghilji force, leaving only one British survivor, surgeon William Brydon, to reach Jalalabad at the end of the retreat on 13 January. This battle...
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  • feature film directed by Michael Winterbottom, starring Steve Coogan and Rob Brydon as fictionalised versions of themselves on a restaurant tour of northern...
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  • William Boone, Kitty's suitor who desires the wealth of the ancient ruins and leads a mutiny in search of it. Lena Headey as Katherine "Kitty" Brydon...
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    Bluemel as Lord Guildford Dudley Anna Chancellor as Lady Frances Grey Rob Brydon as Lord Dudley, Guildford's father Jordan Peters as King Edward VI Kate...
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    grid reference NH796687). James Munro, recipient of the Victoria Cross William Brydon famous for reportedly being the only member of the British expedition...
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    British officers escaped on horseback but only one, the wounded Dr William Brydon riding on a wounded horse, made it to Jalalabad. Over one hundred of...
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    Ghazi Khan † Nasrullah Khan Muzaffaruddin Bahadur Khan Syzdyk Sultan William Brydon Allah Quli Bahadur Abu al-Ghazi Muhammad Amin Bahadur Qutlugh Muhammad...
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  • Winterbottom's TV series The Trip, and similarly stars Steve Coogan and Rob Brydon as fictionalized versions of themselves. The film had its world premiere...
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    attempt to reach the British garrison at Jalalabad but only Surgeon William Brydon managed to do so, arriving late on the afternoon of the next day. This...
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  • told of the massacre of the British army in Afghanistan. She meets William Brydon, the only person on the march who arrived safely in Jalalabad. (The...
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  • (1838–42) was one of Britain's most ill-advised and disastrous wars. William Brydon was the sole survivor of the invading British army of 16,500 soldiers...
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    no clear evidence as to what happened because the claim is made by William Brydon, the lone survivor. Harlan left Afghanistan around the same period,...
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    seen in Remnants of an Army which showed William Brydon struggling into Jalalabad on a dying horse. Dr. Brydon was the sole survivor of the 1842 retreat...
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  • Regiment—were killed, leaving only one survivor, an assistant surgeon named William Brydon. Gandamak is also known for the Treaty of Gandamak, which was signed...
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    and 12,000 camp followers were killed. Of the British only one, Dr. William Brydon, reached Jalalabad, while a few others were captured. Afghan forces...
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  • off the coast of Long Island with the loss of 139 lives. 1842 – Dr. William Brydon, an assistant surgeon in the British East India Company Army during...
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  • Tompkins was born in Newark, New Jersey, on February 26, 1913, the son of William Brydon Tompkins (1866–1918) and Elizabeth Lillian Finley (1883–1967). His family...
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  • debt, before being found by Interpol. "Remnants of an Army" is about William Brydon, the only European survivor of the Massacre of Elphinstone's Army on...
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  • Oldhamstocks, East Lothian the son of Ina Nicholson and her husband, William Brydon Geddes. His early education was at Dunbar Grammar School. He studied...
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  • to the foundation of the Paralympic Games. It stars Eddie Marsan and Rob Brydon, and aired on BBC Two. Ludwig Guttmann (Marsan) is a Jewish refugee from...
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