Description

A collection of letters and documents relating to the Brown family of Tiverton, Devon. Most of the letters are from the six children to their father’s second wife (mother to four of them, step-mother to the eldest two). There are a number of letters written from school, but most come from when the children were spread around the British Empire, and regularly wrote home with news and details of their lives. The four ‘boys’ also served in the First World War and some had long army careers.

The family comprises: Col. F.D.M. Brown, V.C. (Father), Mrs J. D. (Doris) Brown (mother/step-mother), Claude Russell Brown and Frank Brown (sons by FDMB’s first marriage), Wynyard (Wyn), Vincent (Kit), Llewyn (Llew) and Jessie (children from FDMB’s second marriage).

Letters of Eric Brown

Envelopes 1 and 2:

• Letters written by Eric Brown to his parents form school, 1894-1898.

Envelope 3:

• Letters written by Eric Brown to his mother, 1908-1909, mostly from army training colleges and early postings in Aden and Rangoon.

Envelope 4:

• Letters written by Eric Brown to his mother, 1910-1911. Posted in Rangoon and Abbotabad.

Envelope 5:

• Letters written by Eric Brown to his mother, 1912-1913 while posted in Rangoon.