Private Edward Deane-Freeman

 

Number: 32546

Company: 74th (Dublin) Company (New), 8th Battalion

ENLISTMENT

Date: 26 February 1901

Place: Dublin

Age: 25 years 2 months

Trade of calling: Clerk

Place of birth: In the Parish of Clontarf, in or near the Town of Dublin, in the County of Dublin.

Family: Single. Father Richard Deane-Freeman, mother Rebecca Deane-Freeman (nee Rush), of Sunnyside, Green Lane, Clontarf, Dublin.

Previous military service: No

Description: Height 5' 7 3/4". Complexion fair, eyes light blue, hair light brown. Small irregular mole left side sacrum.

Religion: Church of England

ACTIVE SERVICE

Date to South Africa: 22 March 1901

Service medal, clasps and other awards: Queen's South Africa Medal. Cape Colony, Orange Free State, Transvaal, 1901 clasps.

DEATH

Date: 24 August 1901

Place: Rooikopjes

Cause: Wounds sustained the same day at Rooikopjes

Buried/ commemorated: Griquatown, later re-interred in West End Cemetery, Kimberley/ West End Cemetery Memorial, and St Andrew's Church Memorial, Dublin.


This page last updated 31 August 2024.