The Navy as I Have Known It, 1849-1899 (Paperback) - Common
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Edmund Robert FREMANTLE, British Naval officer Burmah, New Zealand, Ashanti, and Jubilee medals, Vitu clasp; medal of Shipwrecked Mariners’ Society for saving life at sea; Brilliant Star of Zanzibar, 1st class. Publications: Prize Essay on Naval Tactics (gold medal), Royal United Service Institution, 1880.
Background
FREMANTLE, Edmund Robert was born on June 15, 1836 in London. 4th son of 1st Baron Cottesloe and Louisa Elisabeth, daughter of F.-M. Sir George Nugent, Baronet;m. Barberina Rogers, c. daughter of Robert Mackintosh Isaacs, Doctor of Laws, New South Wales.
Knight Grand Cross of the Bath, cartulary-register 1899; Knight Commander of the Bath, cartulary-register 1889; Companion of Saint Michael and Saint George. Admiral; Honourable; Sir.
Awards
Burmah, New Zealand, Ashanti, and Jubilee medals, Vitu clasp. Medal of Shipwrecked Mariners’ Society for saving life at sea. Brilliant Star of Zanzibar, 1st class.tempSpacePublications: Prize Essay on Naval Tactics (gold medal), Royal United Service Institution, 1880.
Burmah, New Zealand, Ashanti, and Jubilee medals, Vitu clasp. Medal of Shipwrecked Mariners’ Society for saving life at sea. Brilliant Star of Zanzibar, 1st class.tempSpacePublications: Prize Essay on Naval Tactics (gold medal), Royal United Service Institution, 1880.