Victoria Cross

Memorials & Monuments
on the Isle of Wight
- Headstones -
- Ryde Cemetery : Sir Samuel Browne VC -

Location

In Ryde Cemetery, Ryde, Isle of Wight
 
Description

Private headstone.
Location H New 2130
Headstone

Ryde Cemetery : Sir Samuel Browne VC
Headstone prior to restoration
Inscription


IN
LOVING MEMORY OF

GENERAL SIR SAMUEL BROWNE VC GCB KGSI

BORN OCTOBER 3RD 1824
DIED MARCH 14TH 1901

THANKS BE TO GOD WHICH GIVETH US THE VICTORY
THROUGH OUR LORD JESUS CHRIST

ALSO OF LUCY HIS WIFE
DAUGHTER OF RICHARD CROSIER SHERWOOD
BORN FEBRUARY 23rd DIED JULY 27th 1911
"UNTIL THE DAY BREAK"


ALSO OF
THEIR YOUNGEST DAUGHTER
VIOLET ADRIANA
DIED IN LONDON MARCH 17TH 1946

ALSO OF THEIR ELDER SON
SHERWOOD DIGHTON BROWNE CB CBE
BRIG. GENERAL RA

BORN MAY 25TH 1862
DIED SEPTEMBER 3RD 1947

ALSO OF THEIR SON

LT. COL. ALFRED PERCY BROWNE DSO
(KCO) CENTRAL INDIA HORSE

BORN JANUARY 15TH 1868
DIED OCTOBER 16TH 1930

ALSO
IN LOVING MEMORY OF

WINIFRED MARIE
WIFE OF LT. / COL. ALFRED PERCY BROWNE

BORN 3RD FEBRUARY 1895
DIED 5TH AUGUST 1970


 
Further Information

On 31 August 1858 at Seerporah, India, in an engagement with the rebels, Captain Browne, whilst advancing upon the enemy's position, pushed on with one orderly sowar upon a 9-pounder gun and attacked the gunners, preventing them from re-loading and attacking the infantry who were advancing to the attack. In the conflict which ensued, Captain Browne received two sword cuts, one on the left knee and one which severed his left arm at the shoulder, but not before he had cut down one of his assailants. The gun was eventually captured and the gunner killed.

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Grave and headstone following restoration in 2010


 
 

 
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