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Title:
Army Gold Medal for Guadeloupe 1810, Major Francis Frye Browne, 6th West India Regiment
Object name(s):
Army Gold Medal for Guadeloupe
Brief description:
Army Gold Medal for Guadeloupe 1810 awarded to Major Francis Frye Browne, 6th West India Regiment. The Army Gold Medal was a campaign medal which could only be awarded to officers. The British occupied Guadeloupe in 1810 but returned it to France permanently in 1816 under the Treaty of Paris. Francis Browne was appointed major in the regiment in 1808. He retired as Lieutenant-Colonel of the 1st West India Regiment in 1828.
Collection:
National Army Museum
Associated concept:
Medals
Current location:
National Army Museum, Study Collection
Object name:
Army Gold Medal for Guadeloupe
Object number:
NAM. 1972-11-3-1
Right type:
National Army Museum Copyright

Persistent shareable link for this record: https://museumdata.uk/objects/2d097dc7-2537-396b-b3db-298a479c24ae

Use licence for this record: CC BY-NC

Attribution for this record: https://museumdata.uk/objects/2d097dc7-2537-396b-b3db-298a479c24ae, National Army Museum, CC BY-NC

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