Frederick Browning

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Frederick Browning was a senior British Army officer and early pioneer of airborne forces, often called the "father of the British Airborne," who played a key leadership role in major World War II operations.


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instanceOf British Army officer
human
military leader
allegiance United Kingdom
awardReceived Companion of the Order of St Michael and St George
Distinguished Service Order
Knight Commander of the Order of the Bath
conflict First World War
Second World War
countryOfCitizenship United Kingdom
educatedAt Eton College
Royal Military College, Sandhurst
employer British Army
familyName Browning
fieldOfWork airborne warfare
fullName Frederick Arthur Montague Browning
givenName Frederick
hasHonorificPrefix Lieutenant-General Sir
influenced Allied airborne operational planning in World War II
British airborne doctrine
militaryBranch British Army
militaryRank Lieutenant-General
movement development of airborne forces in the British military
nickname father of the British Airborne
notableCommand 1st Airborne Division (United Kingdom)
Airborne troops in North-West Europe
I Airborne Corps
notableFor pioneering British airborne forces
planning Allied airborne operations in Europe during World War II
notableWork development of British airborne forces
occupation military administrator
soldier
participatedIn Battle of Arnhem
Normandy campaign
Operation Market Garden
Operation Overlord
Second World War
positionHeld Chief of Staff to Admiral Lord Mountbatten, South East Asia Command
Commander of 1st Airborne Division (United Kingdom)
Commander of I Airborne Corps
Deputy Commander of First Allied Airborne Army
serviceNumber British Army officer service number (specific number not provided)
sexOrGender male
spouse Daphne du Maurier
workedFor War Office

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Operation Market Garden
commander

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