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Ryde Cemetery

Mr Alfred Percy Browne (Lieutenant Colonel)

Title: Mr
Forenames: Alfred Percy
Surnames: Browne
Date of Birth: 15/01/1868
Date of Death: 16/10/1930
Burial Date: 20/10/1930
Age at Death Years: 62
Grave Type: Marked
Military Rank: Lieutenant Colonel
Map Reference Number: RSHG 036 A3
Plot Number: Ryde New Cemetery Section H Plot 2130
Grave Description: Double (long) grave with stone kerb and grass top. Large stone cross on 3-tier plinth with small stone tablet under cross.
Grave Condition: Good
Grave Condition Description: The grave was restored as part of the Ryde Cemetery Restoration Project 2010
Other Information: The Distinguished Service Order was instituted in 1886, and recognises outstanding leadership during active operations. During its history, the DSO has also been used on occasion to recognise individual acts of gallantry.
Old Website Grave ID: 8874

Inscription:

East side

IN
LOVING MEMORY OF
GENERAL SIR SAMUEL BROWNE VC GCB KGSI
BORN OCTOBER 3RD 1824
DIED MARCH 14TH 1901

THANKS BE TO GOD WHICH GIVETH US THE VICTORY
THROUGH OUR LORD JESUS CHRIST

ALSO OF LUCY HIS WIFE
DAUGHTER OF RICHARD CROSIER SHERWOOD
BORN FEBRUARY 23RD DIED JULY 27TH 1911
"UNTIL THE DAY BREAK"

South side

ALSO OF
THEIR YOUNGEST DAUGHTER
VIOLET ADRIANA
DIED IN LONDON MARCH 17TH 1946

ALSO OF THEIR ELDER SON
SHERWOOD DIGHTON BROWNE CB CBE
BRIG. GENERAL RA
BORN MAY 25TH 1862
DIED SEPTEMBER 3RD 1947

North side
ALSO OF THEIR SON
LT. COL. ALFRED PERCY BROWNE DSO
(KCO) CENTRAL INDIA HORSE
BORN JANUARY 15TH 1868
DIED OCTOBER 16TH 1930

West side
No inscription

ALSO
IN LOVING MEMORY OF
WINIFRED MARIE
WIFE OF LT. / COL. ALFRED PERCY BROWNE
BORN 3RD FEBRUARY 1899
DIED 5TH AUGUST 1970

Photographs:

David Earle
A Browne 2010
Photographer: David Earle
Janette Gregson
A Browne Spring 2004
Photographer: Janette Gregson
Janette Gregson
A Browne July 2007
Photographer: Janette Gregson

Related Documents:

PDF file: County press record of the death and funeral of Lieut. Col. A. P. Browne, DSO, 25 Oct 1930

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