posted on 2024-02-23, 22:48authored byGreat 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'.
History
Identifier
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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
Rights
The Great War Archive, University of Oxford / Primary Contributor