The General Service Medal awarded to Trooper A. G. E. G. Brown, Special Air Service, who was killed by a sniper in Aden, 26 May 1967

General Service 1962, 2 clasps, Borneo, South Arabia (23742439 Tpr. A. G. E. G. Brown, SAS) good very fine
£1200-1500

This lot was sold as part of a special collection, The Bill and Angela Strong Medal Collection.

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The following details were extracted from his obituary published in Mars & Minerva: ‘Lance Corporal Tony Brown joined the Royal Artillery in November 1959 at the age of 17, and came to the S.A.S. in 1964. His determination to succeed at everything he did soon achieved results and accelerated his promotion. A fine natural athlete, Tony will be well remembered for his ability on the football and rugby pitches. A strong swimmer and canoeist he was a great asset to the Boat Troop where he served. His death, both tragic and untimely, came as a direct result of enemy action.’

Anthony George Edgar Graham ‘Tony’ Brown was a member of “D” Squadron, 22 SAS, and had been in the army for seven years. It was his third tour in Aden. A related newspaper cutting states that he was fluent in seven languages, including Arabic, and that he was ‘one of only three men in the British Army to be presented with the Silver Wings of the German Special Airborne Division’.

He was killed by a sniper, shortly after bringing up some new troops to his position, while he was pointing out the ground to another member of his squadron at a forward Observation Post. The lot is sold with a contemporary news cutting which includes his photograph and a photograph of his grave in the Silent Valley Cemetery and a modern set of German Parachutists wings.

Brown was killed in action on 26 May 1967