| 词条 | Francis David Millet Brown |
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|name= Francis David Millet Brown |honorific_suffix = VC |birth_date= 7 August 1837 |death_date= 21 November 1895 (aged 58) |birth_place= Bhagalpur, British India |death_place= Sandown, Isle of Wight |placeofburial= West Hill Cemetery, Winchester |image= Francis David Millet Brown VC.jpg |caption= |allegiance= {{flagcountry|United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland}} |serviceyears= 1855-1894 |rank=Lieutenant-Colonel |branch=Bengal Army British Army British Indian Army |commands= |unit=1st European Bengal Fusiliers 101st Regiment of Foot Indian Staff Corps |battles=Indian Mutiny Umbeyla Campaign |awards= Victoria Cross}} 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. DetailsBrown was born on 7 August 1837 in Bhagalpur, India, the son of George Francis Brown of the Bengal Civil Service.[1][2] He was educated at Grosvenor College, Bath, and from 1852–54 by a private tutor, Brisco Morland Gane, late curate of Honiton.{{cn|date=April 2015}} 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.[3] 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 {{When|date=April 2015}} achieved the rank of Colonel.{{cn|date=April 2015}} Personal lifeBetween 1868-73, 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:
Brown remarried,{{When|date=April 2015}} to Jessie Doris Childs, after the death of his first wife.{{When|date=April 2015}} DeathFrancis 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. See also
References1. ^{{cite web|url=http://www.royalmunsterfusiliers.org/e6brown.htm|title=Royal Munster Fusiliers|accessdate=8 March 2013|deadurl=yes|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20160304054942/http://www.royalmunsterfusiliers.org/e6brown.htm|archivedate=4 March 2016|df=dmy-all}} 2. ^{{cite book|author=Edmund Burke|title=The Annual Register of World Events: A Review of the Year|year=1896|publisher=Longmans, Green|page=217}} 3. ^{{London Gazette|issue=22357|page=557|date=17 February 1860}} Sources
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