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Recipient of the Victoria Cross

Brigadier-General Edward Stevenson Brown VC CB Born (1852-12-23)23 December 1852 Cambridge, Cambridgeshire, England Died 16 July 1907(1907-07-16) (aged 54) Montreux, Switzerland Buried Clarens Cemetery, Montreux Allegiance United Kingdom Branch British Army Rank Brigadier-General Unit 24th Regiment of Foot South Wales Borderers Conflicts Anglo-Zulu War – Battle of Hlobane Awards Victoria Cross Order of the Bath

[Brigadier-General](/source/Brigadier-General) **Edward Stevenson Browne**, [VC](/source/Victoria_Cross), [CB](/source/Order_of_the_Bath) (23 December 1852 – 16 July 1907) was a [British Army](/source/British_Army) officer, and an [English](/source/England) recipient of the [Victoria Cross](/source/Victoria_Cross), the highest and most prestigious award for gallantry in the face of the enemy that can be awarded to [British](/source/United_Kingdom) and [Commonwealth](/source/Commonwealth_of_Nations) forces.

## Early career

Browne was commissioned a [second lieutenant](/source/Second_lieutenant) in the [24th Regiment of Foot](/source/24th_Regiment_of_Foot) (later The [South Wales Borderers](/source/South_Wales_Borderers)) on 23 September 1871, and promoted to [lieutenant](/source/Lieutenant_(British_Army_and_Royal_Marines)) on 28 October 1871.[1]

## Victoria Cross details

He was 26 years old, and a lieutenant in the 1st Battalion, [24th Regiment of Foot](/source/24th_Regiment_of_Foot) during the [Anglo-Zulu War](/source/Anglo-Zulu_War) when the following deed took place on 29 March 1879 at the [battle of Hlobane](/source/Battle_of_Hlobane), [South Africa](/source/South_Africa) for which he was awarded the VC:

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.[2]

## Later career

Browne was promoted to [captain](/source/Captain_(BARM)) on 19 May 1880, to [major](/source/Major_(British_Army)) on 2 November 1885,[3] to [lieutenant-colonel](/source/Lieutenant-colonel_(British_Army)) on 8 April 1893, and to [colonel](/source/Colonel_(British_Army)) on 8 April 1897.[1] He was in command of the South Wales Borderers Regimental District until 4 March 1900, when he was appointed an [Assistant Adjutant General](/source/Assistant_Adjutant_General) of the North-Eastern District, stationed at [York](/source/York).[4][5] He went on to be General Officer Commanding [North Eastern District](/source/Northern_Command_(United_Kingdom)) (with the temporary rank of [brigadier-general](/source/Brigadier-general_(British_Army))) from 4 September 1902,[6] before retiring in November 1903 with the substantive rank of brigadier-general.[7] He also commanded the West-Yorkshire [Volunteer](/source/Volunteer_Force_(Great_Britain)) Brigade,[8] and in December 1902 was appointed to the [Honorary Colonelcy](/source/Colonel_(United_Kingdom)#Ceremonial_usage) of the 2nd volunteer battalion ([Bradford Rifles](/source/Bradford_Rifles)) of [The Prince of Wales Own Regiment of Yorkshire](/source/The_Prince_of_Wales_Own_Regiment_of_Yorkshire).[9]

He was placed on [half-pay](/source/Half-pay) in November 1906.[10]

## The medal

His Victoria Cross is displayed at the [Regimental Museum of The Royal Welsh](/source/Regimental_Museum_of_The_Royal_Welsh), Brecon, Powys, Wales.[11]

## References

1. ^ [***a***](#cite_ref-Hart_1-0) [***b***](#cite_ref-Hart_1-1) Hart's Army list, 1901

1. **[^](#cite_ref-2)** ["No. 24734"](https://www.thegazette.co.uk/London/issue/24734/page/3966). *[The London Gazette](/source/The_London_Gazette)*. 17 June 1879. p. 3966.

1. **[^](#cite_ref-3)** ["No. 25546"](https://www.thegazette.co.uk/London/issue/25546/page/64). *[The London Gazette](/source/The_London_Gazette)*. 5 January 1886. p. 64.

1. **[^](#cite_ref-4)** "Naval & Military intelligence". *The Times*. No. 36070. London. 20 February 1900. p. 9.

1. **[^](#cite_ref-5)** ["No. 27173"](https://www.thegazette.co.uk/London/issue/27173/page/1713). *[The London Gazette](/source/The_London_Gazette)*. 13 March 1900. p. 1713.

1. **[^](#cite_ref-6)** ["No. 27474"](https://www.thegazette.co.uk/London/issue/27474/page/5964). *[The London Gazette](/source/The_London_Gazette)*. 16 September 1902. p. 5964.

1. **[^](#cite_ref-7)** ["Army Commands"](https://web.archive.org/web/20160304112744/http://www.gulabin.com/armynavy/pdf/Army%20Commands%201860-.pdf) (PDF). Archived from [the original](http://www.gulabin.com/armynavy/pdf/Army%20Commands%201860-.pdf) (PDF) on 4 March 2016. Retrieved 1 July 2016.

1. **[^](#cite_ref-8)** "Naval & Military intelligence". *The Times*. No. 36776. London. 24 May 1902. p. 8.

1. **[^](#cite_ref-9)** ["No. 27500"](https://www.thegazette.co.uk/London/issue/27500/page/8369). *[The London Gazette](/source/The_London_Gazette)*. 2 December 1902. p. 8369.

1. **[^](#cite_ref-10)** ["No. 27966"](https://www.thegazette.co.uk/London/issue/27966/page/7558). *[The London Gazette](/source/The_London_Gazette)*. 9 November 1906. p. 7558.

1. **[^](#cite_ref-11)** ["Edward Stevenson Browne"](http://www.memorialstovalour.co.uk/edwardstevensonbrownevc379.html). Memorials to valour. Retrieved 29 June 2016.

## Further reading

- *[The Register of the Victoria Cross](/source/The_Register_of_the_Victoria_Cross)* (This England, 1997)

- *[Monuments to Courage](/source/Monuments_to_Courage)* (David Harvey, 1999)

Military offices Preceded by Reginald Thynne GOC North Eastern District 1902–1903 Succeeded by Leslie Rundle

v t e Royal Welsh Predecessors 1st generation Royal Welch Fusiliers (1689–2006) South Wales Borderers (1689–1969) 41st (Welch) Regiment of Foot (1719–1881) 69th (South Lincolnshire) Regiment of Foot (1756–1881) 2nd generation Welch Regiment (1881–1969) 3rd generation Royal Regiment of Wales (1969–2006) Victoria Cross William Wilson Allan David Bell Gonville Bromhead Edward Stevenson Browne Alexander Cobbe Nevill Coghill William Griffiths Frederick Hitch Alfred Henry Hook Dudley Graham Johnson William Jones Teignmouth Melvill Ivor Rees John Williams John Henry Williams Angus Buchanan James Cooper Campbell Mellis Douglas James Fynn Edric Gifford Robert Jones Thomas Murphy Albert White Ambrose Madden Hugh Rowlands William Charles Fuller Hubert William Lewis Edgar Myles Tasker Watkins Frederick Barter Edward William Derrington Bell John Collins James Llewellyn Davies Joseph John Davies Charles Doughty-Wylie Albert Hill George Monger Luke O'Connor Henry Weale Thomas Bernard Hackett Robert Shields William Henry Thomas Sylvester William Herbert Waring See also Battle of Rorke's Drift Prince of Wales's feathers Men of Harlech Firing Line Prince of Wales' Division Welsh Guards 1st The Queen's Dragoon Guards

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