William Brydon

William Brydon
Brydon, c. 1864
Born	(1811-10-10)10 October 1811 London, England
Died	20 March 1873(1873-03-20) (aged 61) near Nigg, Highland, Scotland
Buried	Rosemarkie churchyard
Allegiance	United Kingdom
Rank	Assistant surgeon
Unit	Bengal Army
Battles/wars	First Anglo-Afghan War Second Anglo-Burmese War Indian mutiny
Awards	Companion of the Order of the Bath
Alma mater	University College London University of Edinburgh
Relations	Major General Donald Macintyre (brother-in-law)

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 retreat from Kabul.