Beverley Woon Browne
Major-General Beverley Woon Browne, CB DSO MC ED (10 September 1883 – 17 March 1948) was a Canadian Army general who served in both World War I and World War II.
Life and career
[edit]Born in Haysville, Ontario, Browne was commissioned into the Canadian Militia in 1901. He served in France during the First World War with the Canadian Expeditionary Force, and received the Distinguished Service Order and the Military Cross, in addition of being mentioned in dispatches three times.
He remained with the Permanent Force after the war, and at the outbreak of the Second World War was appointed Adjutant-General.[1] In 1942 he was appointed Director-General of the Reserve Army, and retired the following year.[2]
In retirement, he was appointed Assistant National Commissioner of the Canadian Red Cross in 1943, serving until his death in Ottawa in 1948. In 1944 he was appointed a Companion of the Order of the Bath.[3]
References
[edit]- ^ "HyperWar: The Canadian Army 1939–1945: An Official Historical Summary [Appendix A]". www.ibiblio.org. Retrieved 2021-03-01.
- ^ https://www.blatherwick.net/documents/General%20%26%20Flag%20Officers%20WWI%20and%20WWII/03%20World%20War%20II%20Canadian%20Generals.pdf.
{{cite web}}: Missing or empty|title=(help) - ^ "No. 36310". The London Gazette (Supplement). 31 December 1943. p. 49.
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[edit]- 1883 births
- 1948 deaths
- People from Wilmot, Ontario
- Canadian Companions of the Order of the Bath
- Canadian Companions of the Distinguished Service Order
- Canadian recipients of the Military Cross
- Canadian Militia officers
- Canadian Expeditionary Force officers
- Canadian generals
- Canadian Army generals of World War II
- Canadian military personnel from Ontario