Charles Brownlow

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 Bozdari Expedition in 1857. Serving under Sir Colin Campbell in Oudh during the Indian Mutiny he won the VC and lost an arm at the Battle of Seerporah. This led to his invention of the Sam Browne Belt later adopted as part of British Army officers' uniform. He commanded the Peshawar Field Force during the 2nd Afghan War which captured the fortress of 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 Ryde cemetery. There are plaques to his memory in St Paul's Cathedral and Lahore Cathedral.

External links

Sam Browne Dictionary of Indian Biography (1906)
Sam Browne Wikipedia
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