Hankerchief sent home by Herbert Freestone
| Title |
Hankerchief sent home by Herbert Freestone
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| Subject |
Freestone, Herbert Edward
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| Notes |
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'. |
| Item date |
1914 - 1918
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| Creation place |
Unknown
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| Item medium | |
| Content | |
| Cataloguer |
Richard Marshall
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| Filename |
GWA_5433_ForDaddy.jpg
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| Copyright |
The Great War Archive, University of Oxford / Primary Contributor
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| Digital repository | |
| Contributor name |
Bernice Dorothy Ferguson
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Collection
Citation
“Hankerchief sent home by Herbert Freestone,” The Great War Archive, University of Oxford / Primary Contributor via First World War Poetry Digital Archive, accessed April 25, 2024, http://ww1lit.nsms.ox.ac.uk/ww1lit/gwa/item/6377.
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