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'''Field Marshal Sir Charles Henry Brownlow KCB (1831–1916)''' was an officer of the British [[East India Company]], who was commissioned into the Bengal Army in 1847. He served in the [[Punjab Campaign]] and  became adjutant in the [[8th Regiment of Punjab Infantry|8th Punjab Infantry]] which he raised. He fought in the [[Bozdari Expedition]] in 1857. Serving under Sir [[Colin Campbell]] in [[Oudh]] during the [[Indian Mutiny]] [http://www.victoriacross.co.uk/descrip_b.html| he won the VC] and lost an arm at the [[Battle of Seerporah]]. This led to his invention of the [http://books.google.co.uk/books?id=5wZa2sr3ol8C&pg=PA28&dq=Sam+Browne&hl=en&ei=TzuZTtK8F5DOsgbOqd3nAw&sa=X&oi=book_result&ct=result&resnum=2&ved=0CEQQ6AEwAQ#v=onepage&q=Sam%20Browne&f=false Sam Browne Belt] later adopted as part of British Army officers' uniform. He commanded the [[General Browne's March from Peshawar to Gandamak|Peshawar Field Force]] during the [[2nd Afghan War]] which captured the fortress of [[Battle of Ali Masjid Fort 1878|Ali Masjid]] and forced the [[Khyber Pass]]. He was promoted general and retired to the Isle of Wight where there is a memorial marker in [http://www.rshg.org.uk/ryde-cemetery-map.asp| Ryde cemetery]. There are plaques to his memory in St Paul's Cathedral and [[Lahore]] Cathedral.
'''Field Marshal Sir Charles Henry Brownlow KCB (1831–1916)''' was an officer of the British [[East India Company]], who was commissioned into the Bengal Army in 1847. He served in the [[Punjab Campaign]] and  became adjutant in the [[8th Regiment of Punjab Infantry|8th Punjab Infantry]] which he raised. He fought in the [[Black Mountain Expedition 1852-53]], [[Mohmand Expedition 1854]], [[2nd China War]] 1860, [[Ambela Campaign]] 1863, [[Black Mountain Expedition 1868]] and the [[Lushai Expedition]] 1871-72. He returned to England to become Assistant Military Secretary for India.  


== External links ==
== External links ==
[http://www.archive.org/stream/dictionaryofindi00buckuoft#page/56/mode/1up Sam Browne] ''Dictionary of Indian Biography'' (1906)<br />
[http://www.archive.org/stream/dictionaryofindi00buckuoft#page/57/mode/1up Charles Brownlow] ''Dictionary of Indian Biography'' (1906)<br />
[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sam_Browne Sam Browne] Wikipedia<br />
[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Charles_Henry_Brownlow Charles Brownlow] Wikipedia<br />
[http://www.homeusers.prestel.co.uk/stewart/iofwight.htm Grave location]


[[Category:British Military commanders|Browne, Sam]]
 
[[Category:People|Browne, Sam]]
[[Category:British Military commanders|Brownlow, Charles]]
[[Category:People|Brownlow, Charles]]

Revision as of 13:55, 15 October 2011

Field Marshal Sir Charles Henry Brownlow KCB (1831–1916) was an officer of the British East India Company, who was commissioned into the Bengal Army in 1847. He served in the Punjab Campaign and became adjutant in the 8th Punjab Infantry which he raised. He fought in the Black Mountain Expedition 1852-53, Mohmand Expedition 1854, 2nd China War 1860, Ambela Campaign 1863, Black Mountain Expedition 1868 and the Lushai Expedition 1871-72. He returned to England to become Assistant Military Secretary for India.

External links

Charles Brownlow Dictionary of Indian Biography (1906)
Charles Brownlow Wikipedia

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