Dr. <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/William_Brydon" id="mwXQ" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="William Brydon">William Brydon</a>, an assistant surgeon in the British <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/East_India_Company" id="mwXg" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="East India Company">East India Company</a> Army during the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/First_Anglo-Afghan_War" id="mwXw" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="First Anglo-Afghan War">First Anglo-Afghan War</a>, becomes famous for being the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1842_retreat_from_Kabul" id="mwYA" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="1842 retreat from Kabul">sole survivor of an army</a> of 4,500 men and 12,000 <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Camp_follower" id="mwYQ" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="Camp follower">camp followers</a> when he reaches the safety of a garrison in <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jalalabad" id="mwYg" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="Jalalabad">Jalalabad</a>, Afghanistan.