| Alt Ref No | MR4/17/271 |
| Acc No | 3116/14 |
| Title | Major Robert Geoffrey Browne D.S.O. The Manchester Regiment |
| Description | Papers relating to Major Robert Geoffrey Browne D.S.O. The Manchester Regiment including: Distinguished Service Order parchment 26 August 1918; a Mentioned in Despatches certificate 15 April 1918; a commemorative scroll; letter from the War Office accompanying the British War & Victory Medals awarded to Major Browne; newspaper cutting (undated) from the Manchester Guardian reporting on the 1st Battalion, the Manchester Regiments part in the fighting at Givenchy in December 1914; newspaper cutting from the Manchester Guardian February 1 1915 reporting a meeting in Manchester addressed by Colonel James; a newspaper cutting from the Civil & Military Gazette March 1 1917 reporting on fighting in Mesopotamia (Iraq); copies of entries from 'Officers Died in the Great War' and the commonwealth War Graves website for Major Browne; and dog tags |
| Date | c1915-1921 |
| Extent | File |
| AdminHistory | Major Robert Geoffrey Browne joined the Manchester Regiment as a 2nd Lieutenant 19 October 1901, became Lieutenant 5 February 1903, Captain 1 December 1912 and Major 24 October 1916. Major Browne died in France on 1 November 1918. |
| Related Material | See also MR3/17/177, Mentioned in dispatches certificate, 1918 |
| Format | Manuscript |
| Type | Archive |
| Ref No | GB131.MR/17/272 |
