General 'boy' : the life of Lieutenant General Sir Frederick Browning, GCVO, KBE, CB, DSO, DL / Richard Mead ; foreword by HRH The Duke of Edinburgh.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Mead, Richard.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Du Maurier, Daphne, 1907-1989--Marriage.

Du Maurier, Daphne.

Browning, Frederick, 1896-1965.

Browning, Frederick.

Great Britain. Royal Air Force--Officers--Biography.

Great Britain.

Generals--Great Britain--Biography.

Generals.

World War, 1939-1945--Aerial operations, British.

World War, 1939-1945.

Great Britain--History, Military--20th century.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (305 p.)

Place of Publication:

Barnsley : Pen & Sword Military, 2010.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

This is the first biography of 'Boy' Browning, whose name is inextricably linked with the creation and employment of Britain's airborne forces in the Second World War. Commissioned into the Grenadier Guards, Browning served on the Western Front, earning a DSO during the Battle of Cambrai. As Adjutant at Sandhurst, he began the tradition of riding a horse up the steps at the end of the commissioning parade. Browning represented England and Great Britain as a hurdler at the 1928 Winter Olympics. In 1932 Browning married Daphne du Maurier, who was ten years younger and became one of the 20th cent

Contents:

List of Maps; Foreword by HRH The Duke of Edinburgh; Introduction; Prologue; 1. Family (1335-1896); 2. Tommy (1896-1914); 3. Boy (1914-1916); 4. Trenches (1916-1918); 5. Peace (1918-1924); 6. Sandhurst (1924-1928); 7. Hiatus (1928-1931); 8. Daphne (1931-1932); 9. Marriage (1932-1939); 10. Brigadier (1939-1941); 11. Pegasus (1941-1942); 12. Expansion (1942); 13. Setbacks (1942-1943); 14. Adviser (1943); 15. Corps (December 1943-June 1944); 16. Frustration (6 June-9 September 1944); 17. Sixteen (10-16 September 1944); 18. Market (17-20 September 1944); 19. Garden (21-24 September 1944)

20. Tragedy (24 September-9 October 1944)21. Verdict (10-26 September 1944); 22. Aftermath (October-December 1944); 23. Kandy (December 1944-May 1945); 24. Victory (May-November 1945); 25. Singapore (November 1945-July 1946); 26. Return (July 1946-December 1947); 27. Princess (1948-1952); 28. Duke (1952-1956); 29. Breakdown (1956-1959); 30. Finale (1959-1965); 31. Postscript (1965-1989); 32. Retrospective; Appendix 1; Appendix 2; Abbreviations; Notes; Acknowledgements; Sources & Bibliography; Index

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

9781299198715

1299198716

9781844683369

1844683362

OCLC:

797915320