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Letters, Essays & Verses of John Brown MC, MA (Oxon.).
1st Ed., 280pp., 194x138mm, 2 portraits. Edinburgh: Elliot.
1921
#69286
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John Brown was educated at Merchiston Castle School & Balliol College, Oxford. He enlisted in the 9th (TF) Battalion Royal Scots & served with them in Belgium; received a commission in the Seaforth Highlanders in 1915, won the Military Cross in 1916 with the 7th (Service) Battalion & was shot by a sniper near Wytschaete on 11th April 1918 whilst serving with the 9th (Service) Battalion, the Pioneer battalion of the 9th (Scottish) Division. He was twenty-seven when he fell and is buried in Voormezeele Enclosure No. 3. Contains some letters from the Front, also Brown's account of "A" Company, 9th (Service) Battalion Royal Scots in Flanders, February-May 1915. Orig. rust brown cloth, blocked black to sp, VG & scarce. See illustration on our website.
£165
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