Edward Stevenson Browne

Edward Stevenson Browne

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He was 26 years old, and a Lieutenant in the 1st Battalion, 24th Regiment (later The South Wales Borderers), British Army during the Zulu War when the following deed took place for which he was awarded the VC.

On 29 March 1879 at Inhlobana (Hlobane), South Africa, when the Mounted Infantry were being driven in by the enemy, Lieutenant Browne twice galloped back under heavy fire and helped on to his horse one of the mounted men who would otherwise have fallen into enemy hands.

Further information

He later achieved the rank of Brigadier General.

The medal

His Victoria Cross is displayed at the South Wales Borderers Museum "(Brecon, Powys, Wales)".

References

*Monuments to Courage (David Harvey, 1999)
*The Register of the Victoria Cross (This England, 1997)


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