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Auction: 25002 - Orders, Decorations and Medals
Lot: 91

Three: Colour Sergeant A. Brown, 1st Battalion, Shropshire Regiment

Egypt and Sudan 1882-89, no clasp, dated reverse (1513 Cr Sgt A. Brown. 1/Shrops:L.I.); Khedive's Star 1882, unnamed as issued; Army L.S. & G.C., V.R. (1513 Cr Sgt A. Brown. Shrops:L.I.), mounted as worn, contact marks and edge bruising, nearly very fine (3)

Alfred Brown was born at Hammersmith, London in 1849 and enlisted at Marylebone on 7 November 1867 with the 53rd Regiment of Foot. He saw service abroad in Canada from 3 June 1868 before being transferred to the West Indies on 30 October 1869, and finally to Bermuda on 9 December 1870. There he was advanced Sergeant on 4 December 1872, and was finally posted home on 11 February 1875.

Brown was promoted Colour Sergeant on 1 July 1881, serving in this role on the outbreak of the Anglo-Egyptian War. He was posted to Egypt on 10 August 1882 where the Battalion served in Alexandria, protecting that city from the Egyptian army while the rest of the British forces advanced down the canal and caught Arabi Pasha's army at Tel-El-Kebir.

They served in the Army of Occupation after the victory in Egypt, being posted to Malta on 10 February 1883. Returning home on 8 April 1883, Brown was transferred to the Volunteer Battalion of the Shropshire Light Infantry on 16 April 1884 serving with them until he was discharged on 6 November 1899; sold together with copied research.

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£210

Starting price
£140