The Wiltshire Regiment: the dress uniform tunic attributable to Captain Gordon Stewart Browne of...

The Wiltshire Regiment: the dress uniform tunic attributable to Captain Gordon Stewart Browne of the 1st Battalion, who died of wounds, 27th November 1914; scarlet tunic with buff facings and cross pattee collar dogs, Lieutenant's insignia.

Gazetted to the Regiment September 1909; Lieutenant January 1911; wounded on the 4th day of the retreat from Mons; further wounded at Ypres 17th November, from the effect of which he later died at the Allied Forces Base Hospital, Boulogne; promoted captain after his death; mentioned in Sir John French's Despatch of 14th January 1915, for gallant and Distinguished services in the field.

According to a letter to his father (which led to his Mention in Despatches), "..I was lucky enough to obtain the services of your son as staff officer....[he] did yeoman service during those few days....[and] throughout the very trying period which followed, it was easy to see what sterling stuff he was made of....Your son's gallant behaviour will live long in the memory of others.....and I considered it my duty to bring to the official notice of our Brigadier the very splendid way in which he had performed his duties during those strenuous days near Ypres."

Reference: 'The Bond of Sacrifice, A Biographical Record of all British Officers who Fell in the Great War'