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Capt. · Royal Army Medical Corps, att. 2 Railway Construction Section

Leonard Foster ('Browno') Browne

Persoonlijke gegevens

NaamBrowne
InitialenL.F.
VoornaamLeonard Foster ('Browno')
Geboortedatum en -plaatsDurham Bishopwearmouth; 1887
AdresSt. Lukes, Newcastle on Tyne - Ivegill Vicarage; Carlisle
BeroepPhysician

Extra informatie

Information 1
Back in GB from Sept.1917, Browne became a valuable ally to the Army Ordination Candidates scheme, and from 1919 onwards played a prominent part in Toc H.
Information 2
Wrote a chapter on 'The Innkeeper' in Tubby's 'Tales of Talbot House' (1919).
Information 3
Had a room named after him at Talbot House in 2006.

Militaire gegevens

RangCapt.
Regiment / EenheidRoyal Army Medical Corps, att. 2 Railway Construction Section

Andere informatie

Information 1
Acted as Talbot House Treasurer from Sept. 1916 to August 1917 when he was invalided home.
Information 2
Invented the famous motto over the door of the Chapains' Room: "All rank abandon ye who enter here"
Information 3
Attended a service/services on the occasion of 'The National Mission of Repentence and Hope' held in Talbot House from 09.12 to 17.12.1916.
Information 4
Name mentioned in Communicants' Roll under the heading 'C.E.M.S., Jan. 1917'
Information 5
Took communion at Talbot House at Easter 1917.

Media

Bronnen

Source 1
Red Book, p.81 verso
Source 2
IWMIII.3 & IWMIII.4.a.1
Source 3
CR-Slips-Book 1
Source 4
Louagie, J. - A Touch of Paradise in Hell - index