Three: Private C. E. Brown, 3rd Volunteer Battalion East Surrey Regiment and City of London Imperial Volunteers, and Metropolitan Police

Queen’s South Africa 1899-1902, 4 clasps, Cape Colony, Orange Free State, Johannesburg, Diamond Hill (781 Pte. C. E. Brown, C.I.V.); Coronation 1902, Metropolitan Police, bronze (P.C., C. Brown. N. Div.); Coronation 1911, Metropolitan Police (P.C., C. Brown.) mounted as worn, lightly polished, good very fine (3) £160-£200

This lot was sold as part of a special collection, The Jack Webb Collection of Medals and Militaria.

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Charles Ernest Brown was born at Surbiton, Surrey on 14 August 1878, the son of Alfred and Sarah Brown. He enlisted into the 3rd Volunteer Battalion, East Surrey Regiment on 16 November 1896 and served with their detachment in South Africa during the Boer War in the Infantry Battalion of the City Imperial Volunteers.

Brown joined the Metropolitan Police Force on 23 September 1901. Initially in N (Islington) Division, he served for 26 years, resigning on 26 September 1927 aged 49 years.