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55825: Hankerchief sent home by Herbert Freestone

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<p dir="ltr">Herbert Edward Freestone, born 29th February 1880 at Hadfield, Derbyshire. He was a private soldier in the Royal Welsh Fusiliers. </p> <p>Herbert Freestone was invalided out before the end of the war and lived until 1956. The daughter to whom the hankerchief was sent was my mother, Dorothy May Freestone.</p> <p><br>Editor's Comment:<br> Lace Hankerchief, with embroidered flowers and butterfly surrounding message: 'From Daddie'.</p>

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Subject

Freestone, Herbert Edward

Date

1914 - 1918

Date Created

06/04/1919

Temporal Coverage

31/12/1920

Source

Artifact

Medium

Other

Type

Memorabilia

Contributor

Richard Marshall | Bernice Dorothy Ferguson

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The Great War Archive, University of Oxford / Primary Contributor

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The Great War Archive, University of Oxford

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