Memorial: M1376

Memorial at All Saints’ Church, Blyford, Suffolk commemorating Edmund Freeman, RN, d. 1809, off Guadeloupe, West Indies

Location

All Saints' Church, Blyford, Suffolk, England

Transcript

'Edmund Freeman, born in this parish 10th November 1788. Killed in action with two French frigates and a battery off Guadeloupe in the West Indies 19 Dec 1809 aged 21 years 5 weeks and 4 days'

Details

Event

Roquebert’s Caribbean Expedition

Event Date

1804 - 1810

Event Category

1803-1815 Napoleonic War

People

Freeman, Edmund
Age: 21
Date of Death: 19/12/1809
Cause of Death: War casualty
Rank / Occupation: Unknown
Organisation: Royal Navy

Extra

Notes: Capture of two French flûtes 'Loire' and 'Seine' at a cove named Anse la Barque.
Recorder: Reverend William Henry Donnan 1967

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