posted on 2024-02-23, 22:48authored byGreat War Archive Project Team
<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>