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22 July 2016

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№ 208

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22 July 2016

Hammer Price:
£1,600

Six: Major P. H. Browne, Censors and Special List, late Colonial Forces, who served with the Victoria Column and the Gwelo Volunteers in Rhodesia

British South Africa Company Medal 1890-97, reverse Matabeleland 1893, 1 clasp, Rhodesia 1896 (Lt. P. H. Browne Victoria Column); 1914 Star (Capt: P. H. Browne); British War and Victory Medals, M.I.D. oak leaf (Bt. Major P. H. Browne); Belgium, Kingdom, Order of Leopold II, 5th Class breast badge, 65mm including crown suspension x 40mm, silver and enamel with crossed swords on riband; Portugal, Republic, Military Order of Aviz, 5th Class breast badge, 39mm x 28mm, gilt and enamel, nearly extremely fine (6) £800-1200

M.I.D. London Gazette 4 January 1917, 11 December 1917, and 15 April 1920.

Percy Howe Browne, the son of Major Lord Richard Brown, 96th Foot and a veteran of the Crimea War and the grandson of the 2nd Marquess of Sligo, was born at Reigate, Surrey, on 4 December 1868. He went out to South Africa, where his family had various business and political interests, and served as a Lieutenant in the Victoria Column during the operations in Rhodesia in 1893, and with the Gwelo Volunteers during the operations in Rhodesia in 1896. Commissioned Captain, Colonial Forces Staff, 24 September 1914, he served during the Great War in France from 9 October 1914, as a Censor and on the Special List; was thrice Mentioned in Despatches; promoted Brevet Major, 10 January 1917; and awarded the Belgian Order of Leopold II and the Portuguese Order of Aviz, finishing the War on general employment on the disposal of surplus stores. He died 17 December 1940, and is buried in Brookwood Cemetery, Surrey.

Approximately 9 1914 Stars awarded to Censors.