NAM.1977-03-49-21

Printed, ts and ms papers relating to the daughters of Gen Sir Sam Browne, 1910-1934, including marriage notices, correspondence from Gen Sir Dighton Probyn concerning attendance at the coronation of King George V and Queen Mary (June 1911) and help in finding employment for Probyn's son, Lt Col Alfred Percy Browne, Central Indian Horse (1919), registration and identity cards, a letter from Field Marshal Douglas Haig acknowledging congratulations (December 1915), and ms letter from Maj Gen William A Watson, Central Indian Horse, following the transfer of the original Sam Browne belt to the regiment (September 1934); the letter from Gen Sir Dighton Probyn, February 1919, provides an interesting insight into the veteran's opinion on the end of the First World War and the threat posed by Germany.