#9353, Harold Gore BROWNE

Harold's father was Col. Sir Thomas Gore-Browne and his mother Harriet Campbell.  Sir Thomas was Governor of New Zealand 1855-1861.

Gore-Browne was commissioned a lieutenant in the King's Royal Rifle Corps on 11 February 1876, and promoted to captain on 18 April 1885. He served with the 1st battalion of his regiment in the Miranzai expedition in 1891, and with the Isazai expedition September-October 1892 under General Sir Williiam Lockhart, following which he was promoted to major on 4 January 1893. He served with the Chitra Relief force under Sir Robert Low in 1895, including the capture of the Malakand Pass and the engagement at Khar.[8]

Gore-Browne was promoted to lieutenant-colonel on 23 October 1899 and appointed in command of the 2nd Battalion King?s Royal Rifles, stationed in India. Following the outbreak of the Second Boer War the same month, he was posted to South Africa where he took part with the 1st Battalion in the defense of Ladysmith, until the relief of that city in March 1900. He was reported to leave Durban for home on the SS Majestic in April 1900,[9] then returend to India with his battalion.

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