A Great War O.B.E. Group of Six to Chaplain to the Forces 4th Class H. Brown, Army Chaplains Department, The Most Excellent Order of the British Empire, Officer's (O.B.E.), 1st type, Military Division, breast Badge, silver-gilt (Hallmarks for London, 1919), with Garrard, London case of issue; 1914-15 Star (Rev., A.C.D.); British War and Victory Medals, M.I.D. Oakleaf (Rev.); Defence and War Medals, good very fine or better, mounted as worn (6)

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A Great War O.B.E. Group of Six to Chaplain to the Forces 4th Class H. Brown, Army Chaplains Department, The Most Excellent Order of the British Empire, Officer's (O.B.E.), 1st type, Military Division, breast Badge, silver-gilt (Hallmarks for London, 1919), with Garrard, London case of issue; 1914-15 Star (Rev., A.C.D.); British War and Victory Medals, M.I.D. Oakleaf (Rev.); Defence and War Medals, good very fine or better, mounted as worn (6)

Lot Essay

O.B.E. London Gazette 3.6.1919.

Mention in Despatches London Gazette 24.12.1917 and 10.7.1919.

The Reverend Hugh Brown, O.B.E., a Presbyterian Minister, served in France and Flanders from February 1917 until November 1918. Granted the rank of Captain on the R.A.R.O. List in December 1925, he was recalled for service in the 1939-45 War as a Chaplain 4th Class.