Orders, Decorations, Medals and Militaria

A Great War 1918 ‘Western Front’ M.M. awarded to Sergeant J. Brown, Lancashire Fusiliers, for gallantry at the Battle of Courtrai, October 1918, where he was killed in action on 31 October 1918

Military Medal, G.V.R. (15509 Cpl. -L. Sjt.- J. Brown 18/Lan: Fus:) good very fine £280-320

M.M. London Gazette 17 June 1919.

Joseph Brown was born in Blackburn, Lancashire, and attested there for the Lancashire Fusiliers. He served with the 18th Battalion during the Great War, and was awarded the Military Medal for his gallantry at the Battle of Courtrai, October 1918 (The History of the Lancashire Fusiliers 1914-18 refers). He was killed in action on the Western Front on 31 October 1918. He has no known grave and is commemorated on the Tyne Cot Memorial, Belgium.