posted on 2024-02-23, 22:48authored byGreat War Archive Project Team
<p dir="ltr">Herbert Edward Freestone, centre, was 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. </p>
<p><br>Editor's Comment:<br>
Privates of the Royal Welsh Fusiliers, equipped with the Pattern 1914 Infantry Equipment, and armed with Charger Loading Lee Enfield rifles, with fixed Bayonets.</p>