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This is the first biography of 'Boy' Browning, whose name is inextricably linked with the creation and employment of Britain's airborne forces in the Second World War. Commissioned into the Grenadier Guards, Browning served on the Western Front, earning a DSO during the Battle of Cambrai. As Adjutant at Sandhurst, he began the tradition of riding a horse up the steps at the end of the commissioning parade. Browning represented England and Great Britain as a hurdler at the 1928 Winter Olympics. In 1932 Browning married Daphne du Maurier, who was ten years younger and became one of the 20th cent

Generals --- World War, 1939-1945 --- Aerial operations, British. --- Du Maurier, Daphne, --- Browning, Frederick. --- Marriage. --- Great Britain. --- Officers --- Great Britain --- History, Military