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'Thomas Browne', 1743

Line engraving published by John Bowles and Son, 21 Nov 1743.

Thomas or Tom Brown was a blacksmith's son from North Yorkshire and joined the King's Regiment of Dragoons less than a year before serving with it at the Battle of Dettingen. Aged 28 at the time of the battle, he rescued the regimental guidon after it was captured by the French, being wounded eight times and losing two horses from under him. King George II offered Brown a commission but he was illiterate and so unable to accept it - instead, he was placed in one of the Troops of Horse Guards. However, two musket balls in his back could not be extracted and he soon had to retire, dying of his wounds aged 31 at Yarm in January 1746.

NAM Accession Number

NAM. 1974-05-69-90-1

Copyright/Ownership

National Army Museum, Out of Copyright

Location

National Army Museum, Study Collection

Object URL

https://collection.nam.ac.uk/detail.php?acc=1974-05-69-90-1