{{short description|Recipient of the Victoria Cross}} {{Use dmy dates|date=October 2021}} {{Infobox military person |honorific_prefix = [[Brigadier (United Kingdom)|Brigadier-General]] |name=Edward Stevenson Brown |honorific_suffix = {{post-nominals|country=GBR|size=100%|VC|CB}} |birth_date= {{Birth date|1852|12|23|df=yes}} |death_date= {{Death date and age|1907|7|16|1852|12|23|df=yes}} |birth_place=[[Cambridge]], Cambridgeshire, England |death_place=[[Montreux]], Switzerland |burial_place=Clarens Cemetery, Montreux |image= Edward Stevenson Browne (1852–1907).png |caption= |nickname= |allegiance= {{UK}} |service_years= |rank=[[Brigadier-General]] |branch=[[File:Flag of the British Army.svg|23px]] [[British Army]] |commands= |unit=[[24th Regiment of Foot]]<br>[[South Wales Borderers]] |battles=[[Anglo-Zulu War]] – [[Battle of Hlobane]] |awards= [[Victoria Cross]]<br>[[Order of the Bath]] |other_work= }} [[Brigadier-General]] '''Edward Stevenson Browne''', [[Victoria Cross|VC]], [[Order of the Bath|CB]] (23 December 1852 – 16 July 1907) was a [[British Army]] officer, and an [[England|English]] recipient of the [[Victoria Cross]], the highest and most prestigious award for gallantry in the face of the enemy that can be awarded to [[United Kingdom|British]] and [[Commonwealth of Nations|Commonwealth]] forces.
==Early career== Browne was commissioned a [[second lieutenant]] in the [[24th Regiment of Foot]] (later The [[South Wales Borderers]]) on 23 September 1871, and promoted to [[Lieutenant (British Army and Royal Marines)|lieutenant]] on 28 October 1871.<ref name=Hart>Hart's Army list, 1901</ref>
==Victoria Cross details== He was 26 years old, and a lieutenant in the 1st Battalion, [[24th Regiment of Foot]] during the [[Anglo-Zulu War]] when the following deed took place on 29 March 1879 at the [[battle of Hlobane]], [[South Africa]] for which he was awarded the VC: {{quote|For his gallant conduct, on the 29th March, 1879, when the Mounted Infantry were being driven in by the enemy at Inhlobana, in galloping back and twice assisting on his horse (under heavy fire and within a few yards of the enemy) one of the mounted men, who must otherwise have fallen into the enemy's hands.<ref>{{London Gazette|issue=24734|page=3966|date=17 June 1879}}</ref>}}
==Later career== Browne was promoted to [[Captain (BARM)|captain]] on 19 May 1880, to [[Major (British Army)|major]] on 2 November 1885,<ref>{{London Gazette|issue=25546|page=64|date=5 January 1886}}</ref> to [[Lieutenant-colonel (British Army)|lieutenant-colonel]] on 8 April 1893, and to [[Colonel (British Army)|colonel]] on 8 April 1897.<ref name=Hart /> He was in command of the South Wales Borderers Regimental District until 4 March 1900, when he was appointed an [[Assistant Adjutant General]] of the North-Eastern District, stationed at [[York]].<ref>{{Cite newspaper The Times |title=Naval & Military intelligence|date=20 February 1900 |page=9 |issue=36070}}</ref><ref>{{London Gazette|issue=27173| page=1713|date=13 March 1900}}</ref> He went on to be General Officer Commanding [[Northern Command (United Kingdom)|North Eastern District]] (with the temporary rank of [[Brigadier-general (British Army)|brigadier-general]]) from 4 September 1902,<ref>{{London Gazette|issue= 27474|date=16 September 1902 |page=5964}}</ref> before retiring in November 1903 with the substantive rank of brigadier-general.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.gulabin.com/armynavy/pdf/Army%20Commands%201860-.pdf |title=Army Commands |access-date=1 July 2016 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160304112744/http://www.gulabin.com/armynavy/pdf/Army%20Commands%201860-.pdf |archive-date=4 March 2016 }}</ref> He also commanded the West-Yorkshire [[Volunteer Force (Great Britain)|Volunteer]] Brigade,<ref>{{Cite newspaper The Times |title=Naval & Military intelligence|date=24 May 1902 |page=8 |issue=36776| }}</ref> and in December 1902 was appointed to the [[Colonel (United Kingdom)#Ceremonial usage|Honorary Colonelcy]] of the 2nd volunteer battalion ([[Bradford Rifles]]) of [[The Prince of Wales Own Regiment of Yorkshire]].<ref>{{London Gazette|issue= 27500|date=2 December 1902 |page=8369}}</ref>
He was placed on [[half-pay]] in November 1906.<ref>{{London Gazette|issue=27966|page=7558|date=9 November 1906}}</ref>
==The medal== His Victoria Cross is displayed at the [[Regimental Museum of The Royal Welsh]], Brecon, Powys, Wales.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.memorialstovalour.co.uk/edwardstevensonbrownevc379.html|title=Edward Stevenson Browne|publisher=Memorials to valour|access-date=29 June 2016}}</ref>
==References== {{reflist}}
==Further reading== *''[[The Register of the Victoria Cross]]'' (This England, 1997) *''[[Monuments to Courage]]'' (David Harvey, 1999)
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