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VC277 Sir Samuel James Browne
BORN 3 October 1824
DIED 14 March 1901 AGE 76
VC Won 31 August 1858 AGE 33
Place VC Won Seerporah
War/Campaign The Indian Mutiny
Name Sir Samuel James Browne No.
VC Issue No. 277 Awards VC GCB KCSI
Regiment 46th Bengal Native Infantry
Later
Now Disbanded
Rank VC Won Captain
Rank End Of Career General
Place Of Birth India
Place Of Death Ryde, Isle of Wight, Hampshire, England
Buried/Location Ashes Town Cemetery, West Street, Ryde, Isle of Wight, Hampshire, England
Cremated Woking Crematorium, Hermitage Road, St John's, Woking, Surrey, England
Date Buried/Cremated
Headstone Headstone Plot/Grave no.
Gazetted 1 March 1861
VC Presented December 1862, Major-General Sir S Cotton, Peshawar, India
Memorials
P Headstone, Town Cemetery, West Street, Ryde, Isle of Wight
P Memorial in Crypt at St Paul's Cathedral, London
Plaque in Lahore Cathedral, India
By The Way…
He lost his arm in a sword fight, as a result he came up with a way of drawing the pistol from the holster, the Sam Browne belt
VC Held By
National Army Museum, Royal Hospital Road, Chelsea, London, England
