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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 Black Mountain Expedition1852-53]] in 1857. Serving under Sir , [[Colin CampbellMohmand Expedition 1854]] in , [[Oudh2nd China War]] during the 1860, [[Indian Mutiny]Ambela Campaign] [http://www.victoriacross.co.uk/descrip_b.html| he won the VC] and lost an arm at the 1863, [[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 MasjidBlack Mountain Expedition 1868]] and forced the [[Khyber PassLushai Expedition]]1871-72. He was promoted general and retired returned 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 England to his memory in St Paul's Cathedral and [[Lahore]] Cathedralbecome Assistant Military Secretary for India.
== External links ==
[http://www.archive.org/stream/dictionaryofindi00buckuoft#page/5657/mode/1up Sam BrowneCharles Brownlow] ''Dictionary of Indian Biography'' (1906)<br />[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sam_Browne Sam BrowneCharles_Henry_Brownlow Charles Brownlow] Wikipedia<br />[http://www.homeusers.prestel.co.uk/stewart/iofwight.htm Grave location]
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