Lyric discussion by hitchcockm00 

This is about William Brydon, assistant surgeon in the British Army during the First Anglo-Afghan War and is famous for being the only (European) survivor of an army of 16,500 men. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/William_Brydon

Essay provided by the band about the song here: iliketrains.co.uk/timeline/ It's the 9th one down.

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