Orders, Decorations, Medals and Militaria

British War Medal 1914-20 (12) (205600 Gnr. W. Boothman. R.A.; 190603 Gnr. H. Bradley. R.A.; 97650 Dvr. R. Brown.; 150846 Gnr. I. J. Burman R.A.; 101744 Dvr. F. Crowston. R.A.; 73665 Gnr. R. Eastwood. R.A.; 166970 Gnr. J. Grainger. R.A.; 118583 Gnr. G. Kemp. R.A.; 120730 Dvr. J. Laycock. R.A.; L-3579 Dvr. J. Lowe. R.A.; 83472 Bmbr. S. M. Thorpe. R.A.; 80699 Dvr. A. Waters. R.A.); together with a R.H.A. shoulder title, edge bruising, generally nearly very fine (12) £140-£180

Richard Brown was born in Oldham, Lancashire, and attested there for the Royal Field Artillery. He served with ‘C’ Battery, 53rd Brigade during the Great War on the Western Front, and died of wounds on 6 July 1916. He is buried in Peronne Road Cemetery, France.