Alexander Downie Brown

Alexander Downie Brown is believed to have been born in Scotland. He was appointed a Chaplain of the Wesleyan Church on the
Bengal Establishment at Peshawur on 1 October 1897. He accompanied the 1st Indian Cavalry Division to France, arriving there from
Bombay on 7 November 1914. The Division was renamed in November 1916 to become the 4th Cavalry Division and subsequently
served in Palestine. Brown later seved with the Frontier Forces on the North West Frontier of India. He returned to England in 1932,
where he did good work in the Accrington, Hull, and Launceston Circuits. Later on he became an active Supernumerary in Scotland
and retired to St Leonards in 1949. He died there on 7 July 1950. Sold with some research including copied m.i.c. which confirms
Great War medals issued by the Government of India.