Montague Browning
Admiral Sir Montague Browning | |
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Distinguished Service Medal (United States) Grand Cordon of the Order of the Precious Brilliant Golden Grain (China) | |
| Relations | Frederick Browning (nephew) |
Second Sea Lord and Chief of Naval Personnel
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Military career
Browning joined the
Anglo-Egyptian War and then became Secretary to the Parliamentary Committee on Water Tube Boilers in 1900.[1]
He was promoted to
Chief of Staff for the Channel Fleet in 1908 and Inspector of Target Practice in 1911.[1]
He served in the
4th Battle Squadron of the Grand Fleet from 1918.[1]
After the War he became President of the Allied Naval Armistice Commission and had the task of dismantling the German Fleet.[5]
He then became
the King in 1925 and retired from the navy on 4 October 1926.[7]
He was also
Vice Admiral of the United Kingdom from 1939 to 1945.[8]
He lived at Crawley near Winchester.[9] His brother was Frederick Browning, a cricketer and British Army officer.[10]
References
- ^ a b c d e f g h Liddell Hart Centre for Military Archives
- ^ "No. 27393". The London Gazette. 3 January 1902. p. 3.
- ^ "Naval & Military intelligence". The Times. No. 36754. London. 29 April 1902. p. 7.
- ^ "Naval & Military intelligence". The Times. No. 36822. London. 17 July 1902. p. 9.
- ^ Disarming other ships The Adalaide Advertiser, 25 November 1918
- ^ Rear Admiral Walter Hose: Saving the Royal Canadian Navy Archived 9 June 2011 at the Wayback Machine CFB Esquimalt Naval and Military Museum
- ^ "No. 33209". The London Gazette. 8 October 1926. p. 6440.
- ^ "No. 34599". The London Gazette. 17 February 1939. p. 1136.
- ^ "No. 33299". The London Gazette. 2 August 1929. p. 5022.
- ^ War Organizer's Death. Western Morning News. 16 October 1929. p. 11
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