Name
Alfred Eden Browne (DSO)
Conflict
First World War
Date of Death / Age
27/08/1918
39
Rank, Service Number & Service Details
Lieutenant Colonel
Royal Field Artillery
186th Brigade
Awards: Service Medals/Honour Awards
Not Yet Researched
Distinguished Service Order
Cemetery/Memorial: Name/Reference/Country
DAINVILLE BRITISH CEMETERY
II. C. 1.
France
Headstone Inscription
Not Researched
UK & Other Memorials
Christ Church Memorial, Little Heath, Potters Bar, Little Heath & Bentley Heath Memorial, Potters Bar, All Souls Chapel Book of Remembrance, Potters Bar
Pre War
Lord Alfred Eden Browne was the son of Henry Ulick, 5th Marquess of Sligo. Born in Darjeeling, India, 30 November 1878. Educated at Marlborough College. Commissioned 2nd Lieutenant in the Royal Artillery on 26 February 1898. Promoted to Lieutenant on 16 February 1901 and to Captain on 28 October 1905. Resigned his commission on 4 April 1908.
Wartime Service
Recalled from reserve and landed in France on 12 September 1914. Mentioned in Despatches by Field-Marshall French on 14 January 1915. Promoted to Major during 1915. Given command of 186th Brigade on 12 December 1917. DSO citation. Major (Temporary Lieutenant-Colonel) Lord Alfred Eden Browne, Reserve of Officers, Royal Field Artillery.‘For conspicuous gallantry and devotion to duty. During successive withdrawals under orders, this officer displayed great skill in artillery rearguard actions, remaining in action until the last moment, running it very fine on three occasions, and then withdrawing by batteries or sections at a time. He was always cool, and showed great power in keeping in touch with both the infantry and the C.R.A of the Division.’ Announced in the London Gazette two weeks after his death, this refers to events which took place in March 1918. Killed in action in the Battle of the Scarpe, a part of the Second Battle of Arras. Posthumously Mentioned in Despatches by Field-Marshall Sir Douglas Haig on 23 December 1918.
Acknowledgments
Martin Cope
