Talk:William Brydon

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Did You Know
A fact from this article appeared on Wikipedia's Main Page in the "Did you know?" column on August 25, 2006.
The text of the entry was: Did you know ...that surgeon William Brydon was the only European of 16,500 British troops to survive the retreat to Jalalabad from Kabul during the First Anglo-Afghan War?
On this day...Facts from this article were featured on Wikipedia's Main Page in the "On this day..." column on January 13, 2007, January 13, 2008, January 13, 2009, January 13, 2010, January 13, 2012, January 13, 2014, January 13, 2022, and January 13, 2023.

duplicate article[edit]

I have found this duplicate article. If there are no objections, I will redirect the above article here. -- Lost(talk) 11:10, 25 August 2006 (UTC)[reply]

This article encompasses all that is in the other. I'll redirect the other -- Samir धर्म 11:32, 25 August 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Only European Survivor ?[edit]

Was William Brydon really the only European survivor (see http://emilychesley.com/flan_bio/mikelife11b.htm and http://www.theestimate.com/public/100501_dossier.html)? I think it would be more accurate to say that he was the only European to survive the trek from Kabul to Jalalabad without spending time in captivity, etc. However, I don't know anything about Afghan history (or British history in Afghanistan) so I'm not sure what the real story is. ThreeBlindMice 20:02, 25 August 2006 (UTC)[reply]

I did go through various versions, but in the end I decided to follow CNN for the DYK. It looked like the most reliable source of all -- Lost(talk) 04:31, 26 August 2006 (UTC)[reply]

He was not the only European to survive the retreat (more than 50 others were captured and near all survived to be subsequently released including Sir Robert Sale's wife, Florentia) nor the only European to survive the trek from Kabul to Jalalabad without spending time in captivity, by Brydon's own account a "greek merchant" Mr Baness made it to Jalalabad too arriving two days after Brydon but lived for only one day. Please respond if you know believe differently, else I will jump in and amend. StuartofAlbion (talk) 01:52, 26 January 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Al Qaeda[edit]

It appears that Ayman al-Zawahiri has a keen interest in history [1]...

Contradictions[edit]

The make up of the retreating force as described in this article contradicts that given in First Anglo-Afghan War.

The article is also internally inconsistent.--Boreas 11:48, 27 October 2007 (UTC)[reply]

I've edited article to bring it in line with First Anglo-Afghan War and removed tags. --Boreas 13:17, 27 October 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Brydon[edit]

The article is supposed to be about Brydon, but there is more about the retreat and massacre than actually about him. When did he join the army, what regiment, how long had he been in Afganistan? Most important: how was it he escaped? The article describes a 'last stand' but only by inference is Brydon present. If he was the "sixth officer" it should be stated explicitly (for example " Brydon with five other officers escaped on horseback, but the others were all killed on the road" . What regiment was he in at Lucknow? When did he retire from the army? What is the "sr" in "It was Dr Brydon sr."? Baska436 (talk) 04:15, 13 January 2014 (UTC)[reply]

  • As spelt out in the article Brydon was a surgeon with the HEIC's Army - i.e. not a regimental officer. He escaped through good luck and fast riding. He was not part of the last stand at Gandamak - the army had disintegrated before then. He was not a regimental officer at Lucknow but still a surgeon. If it is important then you might like to research his length of service in Afghanistan and his retirement date and add both to the article.Buistr (talk) 09:24, 17 January 2016 (UTC)[reply]

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