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15 October 2020

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№ 230

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15 October 2020

Hammer Price:
£110

Three: Private J. Brown, Army Service Corps, later Royal Fusiliers, who was killed in action on the Western Front on 11 September 1918

1914 Star (T-26103 Dvr: J. Brown. A.S.C.); British War and Victory Medals (26103 Pte. J. Brown. A.S.C.) good very fine (3)

John Brown was born in Glasgow. He initially served during the Great War with the Army Service Corps in the French theatre of war from 24 August 1914. Brown subsequently transferred to the Northumberland Fusiliers, and then to the Royal Fusiliers (No. 797907). He was killed in action whilst serving with the 13th (Service) Battalion on the Western Front, 11 September 1918.

Private Brown is buried in Achiet-le-Grand Communal Cemetery Extension, Pas de Calais, France.