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Officer's Despatch Case carried by Montague Charles Browning

Officer's Despatch Case carried by Montague Charles Browning

8 Feb

Officer's Despatch Case carried by Montague Charles Browning

February 08, 2023

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A link between the Crimean War and British Airborne Forces.

This Officers despatch case was carried by Ensign Montague Charles Browning at the siege and fall of Sebastopol in 1855.

Officer's despatch case

Montague Charles Browning (1837-1905) was the grandfather of Lieutenant General Sir Frederick Arthur Montague “Boy” Browning - the 'father of British Airborne Forces' who coined the phrase 'A Bridge too Far' in planning the Operation Market Garden (Arnhem) operation. He was married to the Novelist Daphne du Maurier.

Ensign Charles Browning fought with the 89^th Foot (later 2^nd Battalion The Royal Irish Fusiliers) in the Crimea, South Africa and the Indian Mutiny.

Ensign 16-01-1855

Lieutenant 11-5-1855

Captain 10-12-1858

Transferred to 87^th foot 9-4-1861

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Officer's Despatch Case carried by Montague Charles Browning

Officer's Despatch Case carried by Montague Charles Browning

A link between the Crimean War and British Airborne Forces.

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