Ebook: Father Browne's First World War
Author: Francis Browne SJ
- Year: 2014
- Publisher: Messenger Publications
- Edition: 1
- Language: English
- epub
Best known for his remarkable photographs of the Titanic, few people are aware of Francis Browne's astonishing war record. Joining the British Army as a Chaplain in 1916, he served for most of the war with the Irish Guards, ministering to the troops at the Somme, Messines Ridge, Paschendaele, Ypres, Amiens, and Arras. Determined to stay at the front with his men, he was wounded five times, starting with a broken jaw in 1916, and was gassed in 1918. Each time he returned to war as soon as his senior officers would let him. His commanding officer described Fr Browne as 'the bravest man I ever met'. He was awarded the Military Cross with Bar, the Belgian Croix de Guerre (First Class), and the French Croix de Guerre (with Palm).
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