FREEMAN Walter F

  • First Name(s):
    Walter 
    F 
  • Surname:
    FREEMAN
  • Service Number:
    53786
  • Rank:

    Private

  • Conflict:
    WW1
  • Service:
    Army
  • Army Sector:
    Infantry
  • Regiment:
    Welch Regiment
  • Battalion:
    9th Battalion
  • Former Units:
    None
  • Date of Death:
    6th November 1916
  • Age At Death:
  • Place of Death:
    Unknown
  • Place of Burial:
    Aveluy Communal Cemetery Extension, France, Grave K. 10.
  • Place of Birth:
    Unknown
  • Home Town:
    Unknown
  • Casualty's Relatives:
    Unknown
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FREEMAN Walter F Is Named On These Memorials

Droitwich Council Chamber WW1 Memorial
Droitwich St Andrew’s Church WW1 Memorial
Droitwich St Peter-De-Witton Church
Droitwich St Peter’s School now in Droitwich Community Hall
Droitwich War Memorial

Further Information About FREEMAN Walter F

Appears in the Worcester/Worcestershire Roll of Honour Book for army casualties located in Worcester Cathedral.

Kidderminster Times, 16th December 1916:
Private Walter Freeman, 53786, 9th Battalion Welsh Regiment.  Son of Mrs Freeman, 2 Hanbury Road, Droitwich.  Killed in action in France on 6th November 1916.  He was 28 years of age and had been at the front since February 1915.  The report includes a photograph of Private Freeman.

A photograph of Private W. Freeman of Droitwich can be found in Berrow’s Worcester Journal Supplement, Saturday 2nd December 1916, available at Worcestershire Archives.

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Credits: Kidderminster Times researched and transcribed by Adrian Carter.