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Auction: 23111 - Orders, Decorations and Medals - e-Auction
Lot: 116

The Egypt Medal awarded to Lieutenant A. H. Freeman, Royal Navy, who was killed at Samoa in 1899

Egypt and Sudan 1882-89, dated reverse, 1 clasp, Alexandria 11th July (A. H. Freeman. Midn R.N. H.M.S. "Monarch") light contact marks, very fine

Angel Hope Freeman was born on 18 March 1864 at 3 Arnold Terrace, Hackney, Middlesex. He trained at Britannia between 15 July 1877-24 July 1879. He served on Monarch between 24 October 1876-16 May 1883 and was promoted Sub-Lieutenant on 24 October 1883 and Lieutenant on 1 January 1887. He saw service on Tauranga from 1 April 1897 until he was killed in action at Samoa on 1 April 1899.

The following newspaper entry details his demise to 'rebels' on Samoa:

'British Officer in Command of the Forces Ambushed Near Apia

Lieut Angel Hope Freeman, of the British cruiser Tauranga, was in command of the Anglo-American force which was ambushed near Apia. Freeman, when a Midshipman on the Monarch, secured the Egyptian Medal at the bombardment of Alexandria, July 11, 1882, and in Subsequent bravery won him the Alexandria clasp and the Khedive's Bronze Star. In 1890, while Lieutenant of the cruiser Tourmaline in the West Indies he was awarded the bronze medal of the Royal Humane Society for rescuing Petty Officer Roe off Barbados. The pinnace of the Comus capsized during a regatta, two miles off shore, and Lieut. Freeman jumped from the pick-up boat to the rescue of Roe in water infested with sharks.'

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