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Francis David Millet Brown
Irish military officer

Francis David Millet Brown

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Irish military officer
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Gender
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Place of birth
Bhagalpur, India
Place of death
Sandown, United Kingdom
Age
58 years
Awards
Victoria Cross
 
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Biography

Colonel Francis David Millet Brown VC (7 August 1837 – 21 November 1895) was a British recipient of the Victoria Cross, the highest and most prestigious award for gallantry in the face of the enemy that can be awarded to British and Commonwealth forces.

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Brown was born on 7 August 1837 in Bhagalpur, India, the son of George Francis Brown of the Bengal Civil Service. He was educated at Grosvenor College, Bath, and from 1852 to 1854 by a private tutor, Brisco Morland Gane, late curate of Honiton.

He was 20 years old, and a lieutenant in the 1st European Bengal Fusiliers (later The Royal Munster Fusiliers) during the Indian Mutiny when the following deed, on 16 November 1857 at Narnoul, India, for which Brown was awarded the Victoria Cross:

For great gallantry at Narnoul, on the 16th November, 1857, in having, at the imminent risk of his own life, rushed to the assistance of a wounded soldier of the 1st European Bengal Fusiliers, whom he carried off, under a very heavy fire from the enemy, whose cavalry were within forty or fifty yards of him at the time.

He was again promoted, this time to captain 23 August 1864. He returned to the army as major on 7 December 1875. He was promoted to lieutenant colonel 8 December 1881. He was Presented to Queen Victoria at a Levee at St James's Palace on 24 April 1860. He later achieved the rank of colonel.

Personal life

Between 1868 and 1873, Brown was employed as assistant principal of Thomason Civil Engineering College, Roorkee. He married Jessie Rhind Russel. Her date of birth is unknown. They had two sons:

  • Frank Russell Brown (24 March 1872 – 3 April 1900). Frank was commissioned 2nd lieutenant, Royal Munster Fusiliers. He was made a lieutenant, 1 August 1895.
  • Claude Russell Brown (born 11 April 1873 – died ??). Claude was commissioned as 2nd lieutenant, Royal Engineers, 22 July 1892. He was made a lieutenant 22 July 1895.

Brown remarried, to Jessie Doris Childs, after the death of his first wife.

Death

Francis David Millet Brown died on 21 November 1895, aged 58, from undisclosed causes, in Sandown, Isle of Wight and was buried in Winchester Cemetery, after a service at Winchester Cathedral.

Sources

  • Harvey, David (1999). Monuments to Courage: Victoria Cross Headstones and Memorials. Vol.1, 1854–1916. Kevin & Kay Patience. OCLC 59437297.
  • The Register of the Victoria Cross, This England (1997); ISBN 0-906324-27-0
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