LIEUTENANT T.C. BROWN, 1ST BATTALION ROYAL SCOTS. Crimea Medal , 3 clasps, Alma, Inkermann

LIEUTENANT T.C. BROWN, 1ST BATTALION ROYAL SCOTS. Crimea Medal , 3 clasps, Alma, Inkermann, Sebastopol (contemporary engraved naming, in running script: THOMAS (C ). BROWN, LIEUT. 1st. BATTn. the R(OYAL) REGIMENT). Minor bruising to rim at 3 o’clock and 9 o’clock, partially obscuring naming details (as indicated), surfaces contact marked, otherwise Good Very Fine and with a length of original narrow silk ribbon, this somewhat faded.

Thomas Calderhead Brown was first commissioned Ensign 5th November 1854 and promoted Lieutenant 15th May 1855. Brown transferred to the 13th Foot with the rank of Lieutenant on 27th July 1855, and saw service with that regiment as Regimental Paymaster of the 2nd Battalion, and was promoted Honorary Captain 27th July 1860 and Honorary Major 3rd November 1869. He subsequently transferred for service with the Army Pay Department as a Staff Paymaster, was promoted Honorary Lieutenant-Colonel 1st April 1878, and retired from the army on 27th August 1879. Army lists of the period confirm that Lieutenant T.C. Brown served in the Crimea and took part in the battles of Alma and Inkerman and siege and fall of Sebastopol.