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Obituary
Jack Browning was born in Toronto, Canada on 26 March 1919 to English parents. Jack arrived in England aged 3 years, he grew up in Leicestershire and followed his father into the building industry, training as a carpenter. Jack was a gifted individual who had a knack of fixing anyhthing mechanical ranging from pocket watches to cars.
His love of horses and riding experience made him a natural for the cavalry regimment.
In 1939 he enlisted at Houghton on the Hill with the Royal Scots Greys and undrtook his initial training, including horse training, at Edinburgh Castle.
Jack commenced service overseas with the armoured regiment in the Middle East as a Tank Driver, serving in Palestine, Egypt, Libya, Jordan and Syria.
On one occasion in order to eat he had to kill a gazelle. He often recited the extreme swing of temperatures while in the desert from the freezing night to the scorching day time, hot enough as he proved, to cook an egg.
Whilst in the Middle East, Jack experienced some of the early Arab/Jewish troubles in Palestine.
Jack retutrned to England following a series of illnesses and when back to full health was based at Sandhurst in a training capacity.
Whilst at Sandhurst Jack met his future wife, Norah Hartle, who was serving with the A.T.S. Jack continued his service at Sandhurst until 1945 and married Norah on 19 August 1944.
Jack returned to the building industry and the family business, Browning Brothers. In 1952 Jack moved with his young family to South Yorkshire into the house where he passed away, on 3 May 2004,aged 85. Jack left behind a wife, five children, nine grandchildren and eight great granchildren. Jack would have been proud to have seen Herringthorpe Crematorium, full to capacity of friends and family paying their last respects, he wearing his regimental tie, and the coffin being draped in the Union Jack upon which lay a wreath from the Regiment.
Jack, the eternal gentleman, was unbelievably proud of his association with the Regiment and avidly read the Regimental magazine. Jack will be deeply missed.

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