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Father Browne's First World War
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Best known for his remarkable photographs, few people are aware of Francis Browne's astonishing war record. Joining the British Army as a Chaplain in 1916, he served for most of the war with the Irish Guards, ministering to the troops at the Somme, Messines Ridge, Paschendaele, Ypres, Amiens, and Arras. Determined to stay at the front with his men, he was wounded five times, starting with a broken jaw in 1916, and was gassed in 1918. Each time he returned to war as soon as his senior officers would let him. His commanding officer described Fr Browne as "the bravest man I ever met". He was awarded the Military Cross with Bar, the Belgian Croix de Guerre (First Class), and the French Croix de Guerre (with Palm). Eddie O'Donnell SJ has written a fascinating account of Father Browne's war experiences, brought vividly to life with extracts from his letters, and illustrated throughout with photographs taken by Father Browne during the war.
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SECTION ONE
BEHIND THE LINES
Father Browne took very few photographs during the First World War. Mostly, his pictures were taken behind the lines. The selection shown here were taken either JUST behind the Front Line or while the chaplain was in barracks in England or on leave in Ireland.
“The new chaplain” (1916). Frank Browne is shown with his brother William and his uncle, Bishop Robert Browne of Cloyne.
A more war-weary chaplain is seen with his brother William, sisters Margaret and Ellen, and Bishop Robert at Cobh in 1918.
During the First World War, the Irish Jesuit Provincial, to whom Fr Browne wrote home, was Fr T V Nolan SJ, photographed here in more peaceful times at Knockanarrigan, County Wicklow (1930).
During the First World War, the Irish Jesuit Provincial, to whom Fr Browne wrote home, was Fr T V Nolan SJ, photographed here in more peaceful times at Knockanarrigan, County Wicklow (1930).
Captain Rudesind Brookes, chaplain to the Irish Guards, Germany (1920).
The canal bridge at Hazebrouck, France (1916). This is the town where Fr Browne was first posted on arrival in Europe.
Behind the lines at Locre, Belgium (1917).
The Convent de St Antoine, Locre, where Fr Browne used to stay with Fr Willie Doyle.
Fr Willie Doyle SJ: killed in action, Flanders 1917.
Testimony signed by Winston Churchill regarding Fr Willie Doyle’s work in 1917.
Interior of fortified hut, Flanders (1917). Frs Browne and Doyle used it for Mass.
St Omer Cathedral, France (15 July 1917). Fr Browne saying Mass for the army with Fr Willie Doyle in the pulpit preaching.
Signal sent in 1917 saying that Fr Browne had been killed by a shell. The name is then corrected to DOYLE.
Map of the Front Line showing the area where the Irish Guards were fighting in September 1917.
With Chaplain Joseph Scannell of Cork in the ruins of Arras, France (1918).
Rudyard Kipling (second from the right) visits the Irish Guards at Warley Barracks, Essex...
Table of contents
- Cover
- Title
- Copyright
- Dedication
- Contents
- Introduction
- Father Browne’s First World War
- Section 1: Behind the Lines
- Section 2: The Front Line
- Section 3: “Our Watch on the Rhine”