Orders, Decorations, Medals and Militaria

Three: Trooper W. Brown, 1st Life Guards, captured at Zandvoorde Ridge, 30 October 1914

1914 Star (2483 Tpr., 1/Life Gds.); British War and Victory Medals (2483 Tpr., 1-L. Gds.) suspension ring split, mounted court style for display, very fine (3) £180-220

This lot was sold as part of a special collection, A fine collection of 1914 Stars to the Cavalry.

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At the outbreak of the war the 1st Life Guards were stationed at Hyde Park. They provided the Headquarters and a Squadron for the Composite Regiment of Household Cavalry which entered France on 16 August 1914 as part of the 4th Cavalry Brigade. The Regiment itself entered France on 7 October 1914, forming part of the 7th Cavalry Brigade, 3rd Cavalry Division. The Squadron serving with the Composite Regiment of Household Cavalry re-joined the Regiment on 11 November 1914. On 10 March 1918 the Regiment was reformed as the 1st Battalion Guards Machine Gun Regiment.

Trooper William Brown, 1st Life Guards entered the France/Flanders theatre of war on 15 August 1914. He was captured during the attack on Zandvoorde Ridge, 30 October 1914. Brown was held as a prisoner-of-war at Gefangenen-Lager, Senne I, Paderborn for the duration of the war. He was repatriated on 5 December 1918.

With copied service papers, m.i.c. and other research.