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Medals from the Collection of the Soldiers of Oxfordshire Museum, Part 6
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Three: Second Lieutenant G. H. Brown, Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire Light Infantry, late 6th Dragoon Guards 1914-15 Star (6DN-4806 Sjt. G. H. Brown. 6-Dns.); British War and Victory Medals (2.Lieut. G. H. Brown) very fine (3) £70-£90 --- George Hubert Brown was born on 10 September 1883. He joined the ranks of the 6th Dragoons on 10 March 1902, serving with them until transferred to the Army Reserve on 10 March, 1910. He was mobilised from the Army Reserve and returned to the 6th Dragoons, and re-numbered D/21045, until he was posted to No. 16 Officer Cadet Battalion in December 1917. He was commissioned Second Lieutenant in the Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire Light Infantry on 27 February 1918, serving with the O.B.L.I. until a short posting to the 1/6th South Staffordshire Regiment in October and November 1918, returning to the O.B.L.I. on 8 November 1918. He retired with the rank of Lieutenant, receiving a gratuity, on 19 November 1919. Brown was working as a postman for the General Post Office, when he was arrested in 1925, and pleaded guilty to stealing two letters containing money. He was sentenced to nine months’ imprisonment. Following his conviction he was removed from the Army and deprived of his rank, 16 February 1925, confirmed in the London Gazette of 28 April 1925. A note on his medal index card indicates that he was permitted to retain his medals. Sold together with original Officers Record of Service, blue book (Army Book 439).
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Three: Second Lieutenant G. H. Brown, Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire Light Infantry, late 6th Dragoon Guards 1914-15 Star (6DN-4806 Sjt. G. H. Brown. 6-Dns.); British War and Victory Medals (2.Lieut. G. H. Brown) very fine (3) £70-£90 --- George Hubert Brown was born on 10 September 1883. He joined the ranks of the 6th Dragoons on 10 March 1902, serving with them until transferred to the Army Reserve on 10 March, 1910. He was mobilised from the Army Reserve and returned to the 6th Dragoons, and re-numbered D/21045, until he was posted to No. 16 Officer Cadet Battalion in December 1917. He was commissioned Second Lieutenant in the Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire Light Infantry on 27 February 1918, serving with the O.B.L.I. until a short posting to the 1/6th South Staffordshire Regiment in October and November 1918, returning to the O.B.L.I. on 8 November 1918. He retired with the rank of Lieutenant, receiving a gratuity, on 19 November 1919. Brown was working as a postman for the General Post Office, when he was arrested in 1925, and pleaded guilty to stealing two letters containing money. He was sentenced to nine months’ imprisonment. Following his conviction he was removed from the Army and deprived of his rank, 16 February 1925, confirmed in the London Gazette of 28 April 1925. A note on his medal index card indicates that he was permitted to retain his medals. Sold together with original Officers Record of Service, blue book (Army Book 439).
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