Memorials & Monuments
on the Isle of Wight
- Brook St Mary the Virgin Churchyard -
- Geoffrey Gore-Browne -

TO THE DEAR MEMORY OF
GEOFFREY GORE-BROWNE MIDSHIPMAN R.N.
H.M.S. "ABOUKIR"
WHO IN THE NORTH SEA ON
SEPTEMBER 22ND 1914
AT THE AGE OF FIFTEEN YEARS
GAVE HIS LIFE FOR ENGLAND
AND THE CAUSE OF LIBERTY

THE BELOVED AND LOVING SON OF
DAISY AND THE LATE C H ARTHUR GORE-BROWNE
AND GRANDSON OF THE LATE
COLONEL H C GORE-BROWNE, VC, DL, JP

"WITHOUT FAULT BEFORE THE THRONE OF GOD"

Isle of Wight County Press

26 September 1914

ISLAND MIDSHIPMEN LOST
The tragic news of the naval disaster was received with poignant sorrow at the Royal Naval College, Osborne, where the cadets serving on the three ill-fated cruisers received their early naval training. They only passed out of Osborne College to the senior College at Dartmouth either early in the present year or last year. Of 29 of these young midshipmen who were serving on the sunken cruisers, 13 are officially reported missing and are presumed to have perished. This list of 13 lost alas! includes two members of well known Island families. Midshipman Geoffrey G. Gore-Browne, only grandson of the late Col. H. Gore-Browne V.C., J.P., and Midshipman Alan Diarmid Campbell Robertson, youngest son of Dr. Robertson, J.P., of Ventnor. Both were serving on H.M.S. Aboukir. Deep regret has been occasioned in the Island at the loss of these gallant young midshipmen, and the sincerest sympathy is felt for their esteemed relatives. Midshipman Gore-Browne, who was the only surviving male member of that distinguished soldier, the late Col. Gore-Browne, V.C., gave promise of a most successful career in the Service, as did Midshipman Robertson. Both were just over 15 years of age and they left Osborne Naval College early this year for Dartmouth. Midshipman Gore-Browne was a cadet captain at Osborne in 1913, and during the latter part of his training there he proved his merit by reaching the position of chief cadet captain. How little was it realised that these brave lads would so soon be called upon to sacrifice their lives for their country. What a noble and inspiring example they have left for those who succeed them at Osborne.

ISLE OF WIGHT COUNTY PRESS

Saturday, October 10, 1914 Page 1

DEATH

GORE BROWNE. - On the morning of September 22nd, in the North Sea, Midshipman Geoffrey George Gore Browne, R.N., H.M.S. Aboukir, dearly-loved son of Daisy Gore Browne and of the late C.H. Arthur Gore Browne, and grandson of the late Colonel H.G. Gore Brown, V.C., J.P., Duke of Cornwall's Light Infantry, of Shanklin, I.W.