Lot 173
Royal Navy LS&GC, HMS Queen A Survivor from H.M.S. India which was Torpedoed by U-22
At Sea, On Land & In The Air | M24003
Auction: 24 September 2024 at 18:30 BST
Description
The Royal Navy Long Service and Good Conduct Medal awarded to Corporal 1st Class later Temporary Chief Master-At-Arms, Alfred Freddy Eade H.M.S. Queen who in 1915 was a Survivor from H.M.S. India which was Torpedoed by U-22 comprising, Royal Navy Long Service and Good Conduct Medal, EViiR, (A.F. Eade. Sh. Corpl. 1 Cl. H.M.S. Queen.), very fine (1)
Long Service and Good Conduct Medal 29th November 1904.
Having been through every Eade with ADM 188 papers, and the man, Aldred Freddy Eade is the ONLY A.F. Eade among them. (There are other As or Fs but he's the only A.F.) Alfred Freddy Eade.
Alfred joined the Royal Navy on the 1st of November 1889 he was born in Clacton on the 10th of November 1871. He is serving abord He's on H.M.S. Queen in 1904 at the time of him completing 15 years' service and receiving his LS&GC.
He appears in the War Office Casualty List of 8th Aug 1915 as 'Saved' when HMS India was torpedoed and sunk off Heligvaer Island near Bodo, Norway, by U-22 (Bruno Hoppe). She'd stopped to investigate a suspected blockade-runner. The surviving 22 Officers and 119 ratings were taken to Narvik by the steamer Godland and HMT Trawler Saxon.
Alfred Died on the 16th of December 1954.
Sold with Copy Service Papers, Royal Navy List, Copy Casualty Roll and Copy Probate.
