Son of Commander J O Freeland, RN, he was born about 1863. He was educated at Middlesex Hospital, where he served as house surgeon before he became surgical registrar at the Royal National Orthopaedic Hospital and resident medical officer at the Royal Waterloo Hospital for Women and Children. During the war of 1914-18 he served as a temporary captain in the RAMC, his commission being dated 7 July 1916. He practised afterwards at Herne Bay until 1926, when he was appointed medical officer in charge of the Isle of Thanet Joint Isolation Hospital at Haine near Ramsgate. He died in August 1939 at Parcian, Haine, having resigned his post in the previous July. Publications:- Backache as a symptom of rectal disorder. *Lancet*, 1900, 1, 1128. Observations on the cause and cure of chronic rheumatism. *Brit med J* 1923,1, 281.