Orders, Decorations, Medals and Militaria

Four: Chief Petty Officer E. H. Brown, B.E.M., Royal Navy

1914-15 Star (222306, E. H. Brown, P.O., R.N.); British War and Victory Medals (222306 E. H. Brown, P.O. R.N.); Royal Navy L.S. & G.C., G.V.R., 2nd issue, fixed suspension (222306 E. H. Brown. C.P.O. H.M.S. Revenge), light contact marks otherwise very fine (4) £120-£160

B.E.M. London Gazette 2 June 1943.

Edgar Henry Brown was born in Paddington, London, on 1 May 1897 and commenced his service in the Royal Navy as a Boy 2nd Class in 1903. He served in H.M.S. Achilles during the Great War and was paid a war gratuity when serving in H.M.S. King George V. He was shore pensioned on 19 August 1927, and joined the Royal Fleet Reserve on 17 July 1928. He was awarded the British Empire Medal in the Birthday Honours’ List of 1943.

Note: The recipient’s B.E.M. and Second War Medals were sold in these rooms in December 2019.