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Edward William Bray

1823–1891

A British Army officer turned military historian, he wrote from direct experience as well as from regimental records. His surviving books offer a vivid window into the First Anglo-Afghan War and the long service history of the 83rd Regiment.

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Memoirs and Services of the Eighty-third Regiment, County of Dublin, from 1793 to 1907 Including the Campaigns of the Regiment in the West Indies, Africa, the Peninsula, Ceylon, Canada, and India

Memoirs and Services of the Eighty-third Regiment, County of Dublin, from 1793 to 1907 Including the Campaigns of the Regiment in the West Indies, Africa, the Peninsula, Ceylon, Canada, and India

by Edward William Bray

About the author

Edward William Bray (1823–1891) was a British Army officer whose service records connect him with the 31st Foot, the 83rd Foot, and the 4th Foot between 1839 and 1865. He is best remembered today for military works that grew out of that service.

One of his best-known books, Journal of the Affghan war in 1842, was published in 1865. The Library of Congress describes him there as a young lieutenant serving with the 31st Regiment of Foot during the First Anglo-Afghan War, which helps explain the book’s firsthand feel and lasting historical value.

Bray also wrote Memoirs and Services of the Eighty-Third Regiment, (County of Dublin), a detailed regimental history first published in 1863. Together, these works suggest an author interested not just in battle, but in preserving the memory of the soldiers and campaigns he knew from inside the British Army.