El Amin Effendi Hemeida

El Amin Effendi Hemeida, was a soldier in the Sudan Defence Force, who was awarded the Empire Gallantry Medal for his heroism in Omdurman following an accidental munitions explosion in 1936. Hemeida's Empire Gallantry Medal was exchanged for the George Cross in 1940.

Military career

In 1936 Hemeida was awarded the Empire Gallantry Medal "for conspicuous gallantry and devotion to duty in circumstances of very considerable personal danger". It was gazetted on 23 June 1936. The citation read:
In September 1940, the medal was converted automatically to the newly created George Cross.
He died on 23 May 1973 and was reportedly cremated in the Sudan.
As of 2018, his medals remain in the ownership of his family; they were featured in an episode of the BBC television programme Antiques Roadshow on 24 February 2019.