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Auction: 23003 - Orders, Decorations and Medals
Lot: 69

(x) Pair: Gunner T. Brown, Royal Artillery

China 1856-60, 2 clasps, Taku Forts 1860, Pekin 1860 (Gunner Thos. Brown, 4th Bde. Rl. Arty.); Army L.S. & G.C., V.R. (2644 Gunr. Thos. Brown. Coast Bde. R.A.), very fine (2)

Thomas Brown was born at Leicester in 1829 and joined the Royal Artillery in January 1847. Having served overseas for some 8 months in China and 10 months in Canada, he was discharged from the Sheerness Coastal Brigade in March 1870. Brown was convicted of using threats at Leicester in July 1887 and sentenced to 1 month in prison, during which time his Military Pension was suspended.

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Sold for
£450

Starting price
£240