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60863: Letter sent home by Herbert Freestone

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posted on 2024-02-23, 23:01 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 letter was sent was my mother, Dorothy May Freestone.


Editor's Comment:
On headed notepaper: 'R.W.F.' (Royal Welsh Fusiliers), below dragon.

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Identifier

9378.cpd| 6388.jpg|GWA_5435_Letter_to_his_daughter_page1.jpg 6389.jpg|GWA_5436_Letter_to_his_daughter_page_2.jpg

Subject

Freestone, Herbert Edward

Date

1914 - 1918

Date Created

01/01/1915 | 01/08/1914

Temporal Coverage

31/12/1915 | 31/12/1918

Source

Leaf

Medium

Paper

Type

Letter

Pages

1, 2

Number of Pages

2

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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