Brigadier General

Brigadier General

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 Edward Stevenson Browne VC

Victoria Cross

The Victoria Cross is the highest military decoration awarded for valour "in the face of the enemy" to members of the armed forces of various Commonwealth countries, and previous British Empire territories....

 CB

Order of the Bath

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 (23 December 1852 – 16 July 1907) was an English

England

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 recipient of the Victoria Cross

Victoria Cross

The Victoria Cross is the highest military decoration awarded for valour "in the face of the enemy" to members of the armed forces of various Commonwealth countries, and previous British Empire territories....

, the highest and most prestigious award for gallantry in the face of the enemy that can be awarded to British

United Kingdom

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 and Commonwealth

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 forces.

Details

He was 26 years old, and a Lieutenant

Lieutenant

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 in the 1st Battalion, 24th Regiment of Foot (later The South Wales Borderers), British Army

British Army

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 during the Zulu War when the following deed took place on 29 March 1879 at the battle of Hlobane

Battle of Hlobane

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, South Africa

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 for which he was awarded the VC:
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The medal

His Victoria Cross is displayed at the South Wales Borderers Museum

South Wales Borderers Museum

The South Wales Borderers Museum is located at Brecon in Wales and is the regimental museum of the 24th Regiment of Foot. The museum's collection is made up of artefacts collected from a variety of sources from around the world and which display the regiment's 300 year history.-The collection:The...

, Brecon, Powys, Wales.