2nd Lieutenant Montague Bernard Browne.
The Sherwood Foresters Regiment.
2nd/8th Batallion.
Killed at age 39 during the 1916 Easter Rising.
His birth was registered in Q3, 1876, in Bosmere district of Suffolk, England.
In the 1881 Census of England, the Browne family were living at The Vicarage, Framsden, Suffolk.
Montague Bernard Browne was the elder son of the Rev. Samuel Benjamin Browne, B.A., (1831-1906) and his wife Mary Browne, then of Rutland House, North Collingham, Newark, Nottinghamshire. Rev. S.B. Browne was the Rector of St. Mary's Church, Plumtree, Nottingham, between October 1883 and his death on 17th September 1906 at age 75.
Educated at
Rugby School,
Harrow School,
Trinity College, Cambridge, entered 24 June 1894, graduated B.A. in 1897.
Employed as a Brewer by Hole & Co. of Newark, later at Nottingham.
In the 1911 Census, he was aged 34, a Brewer, Lodging in a house at Park Avenue, Swinton [outskirts of Salford, Manchester.]
The Easter Rising commenced in Dublin on Monday 24th April 1916. The Third Battalion of the Dublin Brigade of the Irish Volunteers, comprising 162 Volunteers, occupied Boland's Mills on Grand Canal Street, and set up outposts at Mount Street Bridge.
The Sherwood Foresters were part of 2 brigades that were disembarked at Kingstown [now Dun Laoghaire] on the evening of 25th April. The following morning they marched towards the city. One column comprising the 5th and 6th battalion, Sherwood Foresters, came via Donnybrook and were engaged at The South Dublin Union. The 7th and 8th battalions, Sherwood Foresters, came via Ballsbridge and were engaged at Mount Street Bridge.
On Wednesday 26th April, there was severe fighting for the entire day on Northumberland Road/Mount Street Bridge, where the 15 Volunteers had taken positions in several premises in order to prevent the British Army entering the city. They held out until late in the evening, when the surviving Volunteers retreated.
At the conclusion of the action, the Army authorities admitted that 235 soldiers had been killed or injured, 20 of whom were officers. Analysis of some records would seem to indicate that at least 3 officers and 23 other ranks of the 7th & 8th battalions of The Sherwood Foresters died at this location.
From the details on the headstone, it would appear that Montague Browne died two days later in hospital, from injuries received in this engagement. CWGC records the date of his death as 30 April, whereas the date recorded on the headstone, and on his death certificate, is 28 April.
Death Certificate.
Montague Bernard Browne, aged 40, a bachelor, of South Collingham House, Newark-on-Trent, a 2nd Lieutenant in the 2/8 Battalion of The Notts & Derby Regiment, previously a Brewer, died at Sir Patrick Dun's Hospital, Grand Canal Street, Dublin, on 28 April 1916.
The cause of death was Peritonitis following Bullet Wounds.
His death was registered by a member of the hospital staff on 19 August 1916.
Probate of the Estate of Montague Bernard Browne was proven at Nottingham on 29th August 1916 and noted him as Montague Bernard Browne of South Collingham, Nottinghamshire, second lieutenant of H.M. Army, who died at Dublin on 28th April 1916. Administration was granted to Mary Althea Macaulay and Eleanor Dorothy Browne. [thought to be his sisters].
Effects were valued at £9,422.12s.10d.
Montague's younger brother
Captain Percival Leathley Browne
died in WW1, at Gallipoli in 1915.
There is a memorial to the two Browne brothers in St. Mary's Church, Plumtree, Nottingham.
Private John Samuel Blissitt of the Sherwood Foresters, who died in the same action, was also buried in this grave.
His name is included on
1916 Easter Rising Memorial Wall
in Glasnevin Cemetery
The Sherwood Foresters Regiment.
2nd/8th Batallion.
Killed at age 39 during the 1916 Easter Rising.
His birth was registered in Q3, 1876, in Bosmere district of Suffolk, England.
In the 1881 Census of England, the Browne family were living at The Vicarage, Framsden, Suffolk.
Montague Bernard Browne was the elder son of the Rev. Samuel Benjamin Browne, B.A., (1831-1906) and his wife Mary Browne, then of Rutland House, North Collingham, Newark, Nottinghamshire. Rev. S.B. Browne was the Rector of St. Mary's Church, Plumtree, Nottingham, between October 1883 and his death on 17th September 1906 at age 75.
Educated at
Rugby School,
Harrow School,
Trinity College, Cambridge, entered 24 June 1894, graduated B.A. in 1897.
Employed as a Brewer by Hole & Co. of Newark, later at Nottingham.
In the 1911 Census, he was aged 34, a Brewer, Lodging in a house at Park Avenue, Swinton [outskirts of Salford, Manchester.]
The Easter Rising commenced in Dublin on Monday 24th April 1916. The Third Battalion of the Dublin Brigade of the Irish Volunteers, comprising 162 Volunteers, occupied Boland's Mills on Grand Canal Street, and set up outposts at Mount Street Bridge.
The Sherwood Foresters were part of 2 brigades that were disembarked at Kingstown [now Dun Laoghaire] on the evening of 25th April. The following morning they marched towards the city. One column comprising the 5th and 6th battalion, Sherwood Foresters, came via Donnybrook and were engaged at The South Dublin Union. The 7th and 8th battalions, Sherwood Foresters, came via Ballsbridge and were engaged at Mount Street Bridge.
On Wednesday 26th April, there was severe fighting for the entire day on Northumberland Road/Mount Street Bridge, where the 15 Volunteers had taken positions in several premises in order to prevent the British Army entering the city. They held out until late in the evening, when the surviving Volunteers retreated.
At the conclusion of the action, the Army authorities admitted that 235 soldiers had been killed or injured, 20 of whom were officers. Analysis of some records would seem to indicate that at least 3 officers and 23 other ranks of the 7th & 8th battalions of The Sherwood Foresters died at this location.
From the details on the headstone, it would appear that Montague Browne died two days later in hospital, from injuries received in this engagement. CWGC records the date of his death as 30 April, whereas the date recorded on the headstone, and on his death certificate, is 28 April.
Death Certificate.
Montague Bernard Browne, aged 40, a bachelor, of South Collingham House, Newark-on-Trent, a 2nd Lieutenant in the 2/8 Battalion of The Notts & Derby Regiment, previously a Brewer, died at Sir Patrick Dun's Hospital, Grand Canal Street, Dublin, on 28 April 1916.
The cause of death was Peritonitis following Bullet Wounds.
His death was registered by a member of the hospital staff on 19 August 1916.
Probate of the Estate of Montague Bernard Browne was proven at Nottingham on 29th August 1916 and noted him as Montague Bernard Browne of South Collingham, Nottinghamshire, second lieutenant of H.M. Army, who died at Dublin on 28th April 1916. Administration was granted to Mary Althea Macaulay and Eleanor Dorothy Browne. [thought to be his sisters].
Effects were valued at £9,422.12s.10d.
Montague's younger brother
Captain Percival Leathley Browne
died in WW1, at Gallipoli in 1915.
There is a memorial to the two Browne brothers in St. Mary's Church, Plumtree, Nottingham.
Private John Samuel Blissitt of the Sherwood Foresters, who died in the same action, was also buried in this grave.
His name is included on
1916 Easter Rising Memorial Wall
in Glasnevin Cemetery
2nd Lieutenant Montague Bernard Browne.
The Sherwood Foresters Regiment.
2nd/8th Batallion.
Killed at age 39 during the 1916 Easter Rising.
His birth was registered in Q3, 1876, in Bosmere district of Suffolk, England.
In the 1881 Census of England, the Browne family were living at The Vicarage, Framsden, Suffolk.
Montague Bernard Browne was the elder son of the Rev. Samuel Benjamin Browne, B.A., (1831-1906) and his wife Mary Browne, then of Rutland House, North Collingham, Newark, Nottinghamshire. Rev. S.B. Browne was the Rector of St. Mary's Church, Plumtree, Nottingham, between October 1883 and his death on 17th September 1906 at age 75.
Educated at
Rugby School,
Harrow School,
Trinity College, Cambridge, entered 24 June 1894, graduated B.A. in 1897.
Employed as a Brewer by Hole & Co. of Newark, later at Nottingham.
In the 1911 Census, he was aged 34, a Brewer, Lodging in a house at Park Avenue, Swinton [outskirts of Salford, Manchester.]
The Easter Rising commenced in Dublin on Monday 24th April 1916. The Third Battalion of the Dublin Brigade of the Irish Volunteers, comprising 162 Volunteers, occupied Boland's Mills on Grand Canal Street, and set up outposts at Mount Street Bridge.
The Sherwood Foresters were part of 2 brigades that were disembarked at Kingstown [now Dun Laoghaire] on the evening of 25th April. The following morning they marched towards the city. One column comprising the 5th and 6th battalion, Sherwood Foresters, came via Donnybrook and were engaged at The South Dublin Union. The 7th and 8th battalions, Sherwood Foresters, came via Ballsbridge and were engaged at Mount Street Bridge.
On Wednesday 26th April, there was severe fighting for the entire day on Northumberland Road/Mount Street Bridge, where the 15 Volunteers had taken positions in several premises in order to prevent the British Army entering the city. They held out until late in the evening, when the surviving Volunteers retreated.
At the conclusion of the action, the Army authorities admitted that 235 soldiers had been killed or injured, 20 of whom were officers. Analysis of some records would seem to indicate that at least 3 officers and 23 other ranks of the 7th & 8th battalions of The Sherwood Foresters died at this location.
From the details on the headstone, it would appear that Montague Browne died two days later in hospital, from injuries received in this engagement. CWGC records the date of his death as 30 April, whereas the date recorded on the headstone, and on his death certificate, is 28 April.
Death Certificate.
Montague Bernard Browne, aged 40, a bachelor, of South Collingham House, Newark-on-Trent, a 2nd Lieutenant in the 2/8 Battalion of The Notts & Derby Regiment, previously a Brewer, died at Sir Patrick Dun's Hospital, Grand Canal Street, Dublin, on 28 April 1916.
The cause of death was Peritonitis following Bullet Wounds.
His death was registered by a member of the hospital staff on 19 August 1916.
Probate of the Estate of Montague Bernard Browne was proven at Nottingham on 29th August 1916 and noted him as Montague Bernard Browne of South Collingham, Nottinghamshire, second lieutenant of H.M. Army, who died at Dublin on 28th April 1916. Administration was granted to Mary Althea Macaulay and Eleanor Dorothy Browne. [thought to be his sisters].
Effects were valued at £9,422.12s.10d.
Montague's younger brother
Captain Percival Leathley Browne
died in WW1, at Gallipoli in 1915.
There is a memorial to the two Browne brothers in St. Mary's Church, Plumtree, Nottingham.
Private John Samuel Blissitt of the Sherwood Foresters, who died in the same action, was also buried in this grave.
His name is included on
1916 Easter Rising Memorial Wall
in Glasnevin Cemetery
The Sherwood Foresters Regiment.
2nd/8th Batallion.
Killed at age 39 during the 1916 Easter Rising.
His birth was registered in Q3, 1876, in Bosmere district of Suffolk, England.
In the 1881 Census of England, the Browne family were living at The Vicarage, Framsden, Suffolk.
Montague Bernard Browne was the elder son of the Rev. Samuel Benjamin Browne, B.A., (1831-1906) and his wife Mary Browne, then of Rutland House, North Collingham, Newark, Nottinghamshire. Rev. S.B. Browne was the Rector of St. Mary's Church, Plumtree, Nottingham, between October 1883 and his death on 17th September 1906 at age 75.
Educated at
Rugby School,
Harrow School,
Trinity College, Cambridge, entered 24 June 1894, graduated B.A. in 1897.
Employed as a Brewer by Hole & Co. of Newark, later at Nottingham.
In the 1911 Census, he was aged 34, a Brewer, Lodging in a house at Park Avenue, Swinton [outskirts of Salford, Manchester.]
The Easter Rising commenced in Dublin on Monday 24th April 1916. The Third Battalion of the Dublin Brigade of the Irish Volunteers, comprising 162 Volunteers, occupied Boland's Mills on Grand Canal Street, and set up outposts at Mount Street Bridge.
The Sherwood Foresters were part of 2 brigades that were disembarked at Kingstown [now Dun Laoghaire] on the evening of 25th April. The following morning they marched towards the city. One column comprising the 5th and 6th battalion, Sherwood Foresters, came via Donnybrook and were engaged at The South Dublin Union. The 7th and 8th battalions, Sherwood Foresters, came via Ballsbridge and were engaged at Mount Street Bridge.
On Wednesday 26th April, there was severe fighting for the entire day on Northumberland Road/Mount Street Bridge, where the 15 Volunteers had taken positions in several premises in order to prevent the British Army entering the city. They held out until late in the evening, when the surviving Volunteers retreated.
At the conclusion of the action, the Army authorities admitted that 235 soldiers had been killed or injured, 20 of whom were officers. Analysis of some records would seem to indicate that at least 3 officers and 23 other ranks of the 7th & 8th battalions of The Sherwood Foresters died at this location.
From the details on the headstone, it would appear that Montague Browne died two days later in hospital, from injuries received in this engagement. CWGC records the date of his death as 30 April, whereas the date recorded on the headstone, and on his death certificate, is 28 April.
Death Certificate.
Montague Bernard Browne, aged 40, a bachelor, of South Collingham House, Newark-on-Trent, a 2nd Lieutenant in the 2/8 Battalion of The Notts & Derby Regiment, previously a Brewer, died at Sir Patrick Dun's Hospital, Grand Canal Street, Dublin, on 28 April 1916.
The cause of death was Peritonitis following Bullet Wounds.
His death was registered by a member of the hospital staff on 19 August 1916.
Probate of the Estate of Montague Bernard Browne was proven at Nottingham on 29th August 1916 and noted him as Montague Bernard Browne of South Collingham, Nottinghamshire, second lieutenant of H.M. Army, who died at Dublin on 28th April 1916. Administration was granted to Mary Althea Macaulay and Eleanor Dorothy Browne. [thought to be his sisters].
Effects were valued at £9,422.12s.10d.
Montague's younger brother
Captain Percival Leathley Browne
died in WW1, at Gallipoli in 1915.
There is a memorial to the two Browne brothers in St. Mary's Church, Plumtree, Nottingham.
Private John Samuel Blissitt of the Sherwood Foresters, who died in the same action, was also buried in this grave.
His name is included on
1916 Easter Rising Memorial Wall
in Glasnevin Cemetery
Inscription
in loving memory of
MONTAGUE BERNARD BROWNE
of Collingham, Notts
2nd Lieut. 2/8 Sherwood Foresters
who died in hospital
April 28th 1916
from wounds received in action
in Dublin on April 26th
during the Irish Rebellion
age 39
"be thou faithful unto death,
and I will give thee a crown of life"
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