Lieutenant-General Sam Browne and staff, 1878 (c)

Photograph by John Burke, 2nd Afghan War (1878-1880), 1878 (c).

Lieutenant-General Sam Browne VC (1824-1901), seated in the middle of the semi-circle of officers, with crossed legs and a full beard, commanded the 1st Division of the Peshawar Field Force during the 2nd Afghan War. He captured the Ali Musjid fortress and forced the Khyber Pass. For these services he was appointed a Knight Commander of the Order of the Bath in 1879 and received the thanks of Parliament.

Among the officers accompanying Browne are General Sir Herbert Macpherson VC (1827-1886), commander of the 1st Infantry Brigade, General John Tytler (1825-1880), commander of the 2nd Brigade, and General Sir Charles Gough (1832-1912), commander of the Cavalry Brigade of the Kurram Valley Field Force.