King's College London
Liddell Hart Centre for Military Archives
Survey of the Papers of Senior UK Defence Personnel, 1900-1975
Name
BROWNING, Sir Frederick Arthur Montague (1896-1965), Lieutenant General
Service biography
World War I 1914-1918; Adjutant, Royal Military College Sandhurst 1924-1928; Commander, 2 Bn Grenadier Guards 1935-1939; Small Arms School 1939-1940; 24 Guards Bde Group 1940-1941; 1 Airborne Div 1941-1943; British Airborne Corps 1944; Deputy Commander, 1 Airborne Army 1944; Chief of Staff, South East Asia Command 1944-1946; Military Secretary, War Office 1946-1948; retired 1948
Papers
LIDDELL HART CENTRE FOR MILITARY ARCHIVES: Papers of FM Alan Francis Brooke, 1st Viscount Alanbrooke of Brookeborough, include official correspondence with Browning, South East Asia Command 1944-1945 (ref: Alanbrooke 6/2/56)
IMPERIAL WAR MUSEUM, LONDON: The papers of Lt Gen Sir Oliver Leese (ref: Strong Rm), include five letters from Browning, Oct-Nov 1946, concerning Browning's retirement from South East Asia Command; SOUTHAMPTON UNIVERSITY LIBRARY: Papers of AF Louis (Francis Albert Victor Nicholas) Mountbatten, 1st Earl Mountbatten of Burma, include correspondence with Browning 1945-1947 (ref: MB1/C32, E23)
Publications
Index terms
SUBJECTS
PLACES South East Asia 1946
NAMES Dame Daphne Du Maurier (wife)
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