Interviewer: Hazlitte, Elizabeth

ABSTRACT: Sgt. Egbert Browning British Army Browning_E_0149_01.mp3 (Side 1) Born ca. 1892 (d. 198-). Spent some of his early years in Ireland where his father was employed by the War Department in survey work. Returned to London at about eighteen years of age. After a twelve-month course in surveying he joined his father and brothers in the survey business during the period 1910-1914. Due to the crowds of volunteers he had a difficult time joining up when war came in 1914. With the rank of sergeant he eventually joined a "special service" unit composed of technical personnel. Initially posted to the remount depot at Woolwich where he learned to ride. Inspected by Lord Kitchener. Hospitalized with a serious case of pneumonia. Went to Le Havre, then "up the line" in charge of a small unit. Encountered the Prince of Wales. Visits the 3rd Corps area where he inspected well-built (German?) trenches. Armistice, 1918. Browning_E_0149_02.mp3 (Side 2) Returns to comments on the first, hard winter of the war. Obtained leave in 1916 in order to be married. Anecdotal account of honeymoon on the Isle of Wight. Very unsettled after the war. Tried his hand at learning farming. Emigrated to Canada, to Victoria, B.C., in 1924. Worked on the Taylor farm at Patricia Bay. General comments on North Saanich, his brothers, etc.

Rank: Sergeant.

Interviewee: Browning, Egbert, b. 1894

An interview/narrative of Egbert Browning's experiences during World War I. Sergeant Browning served with the British Army. Interview took place in 1983.

In Collection:

• Canadian Military Oral Histories

Contributor

• Hazlitte, Elizabeth
• Browning, Egbert, b. 1894

Subject

• World War (1939-1945)
• Great Britain. Army
• World War (1914-1918)
• Military history

Language

• eng

Date created

• 1983

Relation

• Part of the Elizabeth Hazlitte collection of interviews.
• Speech is slurred on the recording.

Resource type

• Sound

Rights statement

• In Copyright - Educational Use Permitted

Extent

• 2 sound recordings (MP3)

Geographic Coverage

• British Columbia--Victoria

Coordinates

• 48.4359, -123.35155

Additional physical characteristics

• One original sound cassette (ca. 60 min.) : 2 track, mono. ; 1 sound cassette copy : standard, mono. in Special Collections.

Physical Repository

• University of Victoria (B.C.). Library

Collection

• Canadian Military Oral History Collection

Provider

• University of Victoria (B.C.). Library

Genre

• reminiscences
• oral histories (literary genre)
• sound recordings
• interviews

Archival item identifier

• BE_149

Fonds title

• Elizabeth Hazlitte fonds

Fonds identifier

• SC405

Is referenced by

• Special Collections Finding Aid: https://uvic2.coppul.archivematica.org/elizabeth-hazlitte-fonds

Date digitized

• June 30, 2006

Technical note

• Digital sound recording in .wav format at 16 bits and 22 kHz. In .mp3 format at 56 kbps and 22 kHz. Digitized by SC, technical and cataloguing metadata provided by JF and JP. ; WWI Transferred from audio reel to audio cassette between 1987-1997. Interview migrated to digital format for UVic Special Collections in 2006. Migration metadata by KD and MT.

Rights

• This interview has been posted with the understanding that it may be used for research purposes only. Should the interviewee or their heirs have any objections to this interview being accessible on the Internet, it will be removed promptly. Contact UVic Special Collections for permission if using for other than research purposes: speccoll@uvic.ca

DOI

•  https://doi.org/10.58066/85k3-1597

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