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Auction: 19002 - Orders, Decorations and Medals
Lot: 21

(x) India General Service 1854-95, 2 clasps, North West Frontier, Bhootan (Asst. Surgn. R Brown, 6th Punjab Infty.), good very fine

Robert Brown was born on 9 December 1833. Appointed a Member of the Royal College of Surgeons in 1853, he entered the Honourable East India Company's service as an Assistant Surgeon, Bengal Presidency, on 23 July 1858. During the 1859-60 Kabul Khel Waziri Expedition he served with the 6th Punjab Infantry as Assistant Surgeon (Medal & clasp). His India General Service Medal with 'North West Frontier' clasp was awarded in 1869 by General Order 812, with the citation:

'[For] services against the Cabool Kheyl Wuzeeres, 10th December 1859, under Brigadier General N. Chamberlain, C.B., commanding Punjab Infantry Force, to avenge the murder of Capt. Mecham and to coerce the Cabul Kheyl Wuzeerees for their attacks on the Bahadur Kheyl Salt Mines and their raids into the Khuttuck Valley.'

Stationed at Mooltan with the 9th Irregular Cavalry in 1861, Brown transferred to the 43rd Foot (Monmouthshire Light Infantry) for service during the 1864-66 Bhootan expedition. The 43rd were prominent at the siege and capture of Dewangiri in early 1865, which led to Bhootan's final submission under the Treaty of Sinchula. In 1867 Brown was appointed Political Agent at Manipur, undertaking a geological survey of the Angami Naga County and authoring a statistical overview of the region. He was promoted to Surgeon on 23 July 1870, and Surgeon-Major on 1 July 1873. He died at Manipur on 18 August 1876; sold with a file of copied research, including extracts from the recipient's survey of the Naga Hills.


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£420