Sam Browne
General Sir Samuel James Browne VC GCB KCSI (3 October 1824 – 14 March 1901) was a British Indian Army cavalry officer in India and Afghanistan, best known today as the namesake of the Sam Browne belt. He was a British recipient of the Victoria Cross, the highest and most prestigious award for gallantry in the face of the enemy that can be awarded to British and Commonwealth forces.
Read more about Sam Browne: Early Life, Indian Mutiny, Sam Browne Belt, Second Anglo-Afghanistan War, Later Life
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