Orders, Decorations, Medals and Militaria

Pair: Lieutenant-Colonel C. B. Brown, 63rd Regiment of Foot, later 8th Regiment of Foot

Crimea 1854-56, 1 clasp, Sebastopol (... Bradford Brown, Lieut. 63rd. Regt.) contemporarily engraved naming; Turkish Crimea 1855, Sardinian issue (C. B. Brown, Lt. & Adjt. 8th. Regt.) contemporarily engraved naming, fitted with an IGFS-style suspension, heavy contact marks, nearly very fine (2) £240-£280

Charles Bradford Brown was commissioned Ensign in the 63rd Regiment of Foot on 15 March 1855, and was promoted Lieutenant on 26 February 1856. He served in the Crimea in 1855, and took part in the expedition to Kinbourn (Medal and clasp). Transferring to the 8th Regiment of Foot, he was appointed Adjutant on 16 July 1858, and was promoted Captain on 15 June 1866. He was appointed Adjutant of the 8th Lancashire Rifle Volunteer Corps on 14 June 1873, and was appointed Major on 13 April 1879, and retired on 1 September 1880 with the honorary rank of Lieutenant-Colonel.