Orders, Decorations, Medals and Militaria

Five: Private J. Brown, Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders

Queen’s South Africa 1899-1902, 2 clasps, Transvaal, South Africa 1902 (7923 Pte., 1/A. & S. Highrs.); 1914 Star, with clasp (7923 Pte., 2/A. & S. Highrs.); British War and Victory Medals (7923 Pte., A. & S. Highrs.); Imperial Service Medal, G.VI.R., 1st issue (John Chisholm Little Brown) mounted as worn, very fine and better (5) £240-280

John Chisholm Brown was born in Edinburgh. A Printer by occupation and a former member of the Royal Marines, he attested for service with the Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders at Edinburgh on 4 February 1901, aged 18 years. With the 1st Battalion he served in South Africa, 9 April 1902-29 May 1903. He was transferred to the Army Reserve on 4 February 1904. Brown re-engaged in 1913 and was mobilized at Stirling in August 1914. With the 2nd battalion Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders he entered the France/Flanders theatre of war on 10 August 1914. He received a gunshot wound to his right arm on 1 July 1915; as a result of which, he was discharged on 22 March 1916. Sold with copied service papers and m.i.c.