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'''General Sir Samuel James Browne VC GCB KCSI (1824–1901)''' was an officer of the British [[East India Company]], born in India, who joined the [[46th Regiment of Bengal Native Infantry]] in 1840. He served in the [[Punjab Campaign]] and then was ordered to raise a cavalry unit which became the [[2nd Regiment of Cavalry, Punjab Frontier Force|2nd Punjab Irregular Cavalry]] later the [[22nd Sam Browne's Cavalry (Frontier Force)]]. He fought in the [[Bozdar Bozdari Expedition]] in 1857. Under Sir [[Colin Campbell]] in [[Oudh ]] during the [[Indian Mutiny]]. At the [[Battle of Seerpoorah Seerporah]] [http://www.victoriacross.co.uk/descrip_b.html|he won the VC ] and lost an arm. 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 [[Peshawar Field Force]] during the [[Second Afghan War]] which captured the fortress of [[Ali Maslid]] 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.