Browning Gallery

East African Reconnaissance Regiment in Burma

Photograph of a soldier from the East African Reconnaissance Regiment, checking a machine-gun, Burma, 1945. The East African Reconnaissance Regiment, part of 11th East African Division, was equipped with armoured cars and light tanks. In this image a soldier checks a Browning machine-gun. His division incorporated battalions of the King?s African Rifles and other forces from Kenya, Uganda, Nyasaland (now Malawi), Somaliland (Somalia) and Tanganyika (Tanzania). The Africans proved extremely hardy and tenacious in several battles, both as combatant soldiers, medical staff, and carriers. One of 12 photographs captioned: East African Reconnaissance Regiment in Burma. From photograph album of 147 photographs, 1944-1945. Associated with Brig M W Briggs and the 11th East African Division and the King's African Rifles, World War Two, Far East (1941-1945). Date: 1945

© The National Army Museum / Mary Evans Picture Library

Liverpool FC football team 1936

Liverpool FC football team 1936. Back row: Rogers, Nieuwenhuys, Dabbs, Browning, Carr, Tennant, Neal, Harley, Bush. Third row: Wilson (Trainer), Bradshaw, Low, Glassey, Savage, McDougall, Riley, Blenkinsop (Captain), Kane, Johnson, Cooper, Ramsden, Wright, Hodgson, Longworth (Assistant Trainer). Second row: Patterson (Secretary), Richards (Director), McConnell (Director), Harvey-Webb (Director), Troop (Vice-Chairman), Harrop (Chairman), Cartwright (Director), Asbury (Director), Martindale (Director), Williams (Director), Rouse (Assistant Secretary), Hewitt (Assistant Trainer). Front row: Howe, Hanson, Taylor, Roberts. Date: 1936

© Mary Evans/Pharcide

Lt.-General A.F.M. Browning, Major R.H. Cain and Lt.-Colonel

Photograph showing Lieutenant-General A.F.M. Browning, Commander of the British First Airborne (on left), talking to Major R.H. Cain (second right), the first V.C. winner in the Airborne, and Lieutenant-Colonel Payton-Reid (right)at a farewell parade held at Buckingham Palace, London, 6th December 1944

© Illustrated London News Ltd/Mary Evans