{"product_id":"2nd-bn-argyll-sutherland-highlanders-wia-1914-ww1-1914-star-medal-trio-dundee","title":"2nd Bn Argyll \u0026 Sutherland Highlanders WIA 1914 WW1 1914 Star Medal Trio Dundee","description":"\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-family: 'Times New Roman',serif;\"\u003eFirst World War 1914 Star “Mons” Trio – Private William Kinnear Brown, 2\u003csup\u003end\u003c\/sup\u003e Bn. Argyll \u0026amp; Sutherland Highlanders – W.I.A. 1914\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-family: 'Times New Roman',serif;\"\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-family: 'Times New Roman',serif;\"\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-family: 'Times New Roman',serif;\"\u003e1914 Star – \u003cb\u003e7901 PTE. W. BROWN. 2\/A.\u0026amp;S.HIGHRS\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-family: 'Times New Roman',serif;\"\u003eBritish War Medal – \u003cb\u003e7901 PTE. W. K. BROWN. A. \u0026amp; S. HIGHRS.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-family: 'Times New Roman',serif;\"\u003eVictory Medal – \u003cb\u003e7901 PTE. W. K. BROWN. A. \u0026amp; S. HIGHRS.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-family: 'Times New Roman',serif;\"\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-family: 'Times New Roman',serif;\"\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-family: 'Times New Roman',serif;\"\u003eWilliam Kinnear Brown\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-family: 'Times New Roman',serif;\"\u003e was born in \u003cb\u003e1882 at Dundee, Scotland\u003c\/b\u003e. Prior to joining the Regular Army he served in the \u003cb\u003e3rd Battalion, Royal Highlanders (Black Watch) Volunteer Battalion\u003c\/b\u003e, from \u003cb\u003e14 December 1899 until 4 December 1900\u003c\/b\u003e.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-family: 'Times New Roman',serif;\"\u003eHe enlisted into the \u003cb\u003eArgyll \u0026amp; Sutherland Highlanders\u003c\/b\u003e at \u003cb\u003eDundee on 25 January 1901\u003c\/b\u003e, and joined the \u003cb\u003e2nd Battalion at Stirling on 28 January 1901\u003c\/b\u003e. His attestation came at the height of the Boer War, when reinforcement drafts were urgently required for overseas service.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-family: 'Times New Roman',serif;\"\u003eBrown began overseas service in \u003cb\u003eIndia on 7 November 1901\u003c\/b\u003e, remaining there until \u003cb\u003e28 December 1906\u003c\/b\u003e. This was a lengthy and typical pre-war imperial posting, during which the battalion undertook garrison and internal security duties across British India. His conduct sheet during this period records numerous entries in the \u003cb\u003eDefaulters’ Book\u003c\/b\u003e, including repeated instances of drunkenness, breaking out of barracks, causing disturbances within barracks, appearing improperly dressed while in town at Calcutta, and concealing the fact that he was suffering from disease. These entries reflect a soldier who frequently came into conflict with military discipline, though he nevertheless remained in service and completed his Indian tour.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-family: 'Times New Roman',serif;\"\u003eFrom \u003cb\u003e29 December 1906 until 1 March 1909\u003c\/b\u003e, Brown served in \u003cb\u003eSouth Africa\u003c\/b\u003e, following the conclusion of the Boer War. Although active hostilities had ceased in 1902, the Army maintained substantial garrisons in the region during the post-war settlement period.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-family: 'Times New Roman',serif;\"\u003eHe transferred to the \u003cb\u003eArmy Reserve in March 1909\u003c\/b\u003e, returning to civilian life, but subsequently \u003cb\u003ere-engaged on 25 January 1913\u003c\/b\u003e, indicating either economic necessity or renewed commitment to service as European tensions increased.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-family: 'Times New Roman',serif;\"\u003eAt the outbreak of the Great War in August 1914, the 2nd Battalion, Argyll \u0026amp; Sutherland Highlanders mobilised as part of the original British Expeditionary Force. Brown proceeded to \u003cb\u003eFrance on 21 August 1914\u003c\/b\u003e, placing him among the early reinforcements sent to sustain the hard-fighting Regular battalions during the opening campaigns.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-family: 'Times New Roman',serif;\"\u003eOn \u003cb\u003e8 December 1914\u003c\/b\u003e, during the severe winter fighting of the first year of the war, he sustained a \u003cb\u003eshrapnel wound to the head\u003c\/b\u003e. He was evacuated the following day, returning home on \u003cb\u003e9 December 1914\u003c\/b\u003e. The severity of the wound prevented further active service, and he was formally \u003cb\u003edischarged on 12 May 1915 on account of wounds\u003c\/b\u003e.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-family: 'Times New Roman',serif;\"\u003eOn discharge his address was recorded as \u003cb\u003e69 Hilltown, Dundee\u003c\/b\u003e, bringing him back to the city where he had first enlisted over fourteen years earlier.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-family: 'Times New Roman',serif;\"\u003eWilliam Kinnear Brown’s military career spans pre-war Volunteer service, lengthy Regular Army postings in India and South Africa, and early service on the Western Front in 1914. 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