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55825: Hankerchief sent home by Herbert Freestone

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posted on 2024-02-23, 22:48 authored by Great War Archive Project Team

Herbert Edward Freestone, born 29th February 1880 at Hadfield, Derbyshire. He was a private soldier in the Royal Welsh Fusiliers.

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.


Editor's Comment:
Lace Hankerchief, with embroidered flowers and butterfly surrounding message: 'From Daddie'.

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6386.jpg| GWA_5433_ForDaddy.jpg|

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

Rights

The Great War Archive, University of Oxford / Primary Contributor

Publisher

The Great War Archive, University of Oxford

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