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3 December 2020

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№ 292

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3 December 2020

Hammer Price:
£440

Pair: Private A. W. J. Freeman, Rifle Brigade

Queen’s Sudan 1896-98 (3735. Pte: A. Freeman. 2/Rif: Bde); Khedive’s Sudan 1896-1908, 1 clasp, Khartoum (3735. Pte: A. Freeman 2/Rif: Bde) regimentally engraved naming, good very fine (2) £300-£400

Albert William John Freeman was born in Southwark, London, in 1877 and attested for the Rifle Brigade in London on 10 May 1895. He served with the 2nd Battalion in Egypt and the Sudan from 12 July to 20 September 1898; in the Occupation of Crete from 21 September 1898 to 1 October 1899; and in South Africa during the Boer War from 2 October 1899 to 14 September 1902 (entitled to the Queen’s South Africa Medal with clasps Defence of Ladysmith and Transvaal; and the King’s South Africa Medal with both date clasps). He transferred to the Reserve on 21 March 1903, and was discharged on 9 May 1907, after 12 years’ service.

Sold with copied record of service.