FREEMAN William Henry

  • First Name(s):
    William 
    Henry 
  • Surname:
    FREEMAN
  • Service Number:
    27275
  • Rank:

    Private

  • Conflict:
    WW1
  • Service:
    Army
  • Army Sector:
    Infantry
  • Regiment:
    Worcestershire Regiment
  • Battalion:
    9th Battalion
  • Former Units:
    None
  • Date of Death:
    25th January 1917
  • Age At Death:
    23
  • Cause of Death:
    Killed in action
  • Place of Death:
    Unknown
  • Place of Burial:
    Amara War Cemetery, Iraq, Grave XIX. F. 7.
  • Place of Birth:
    Born and enlisted Redditch, Worcestershire
  • Home Town:
    Unknown
  • Casualty's Relatives:

    Son of Frank and Bertha Freeman, 192 Evesham Rd., Headless Cross, Redditch, Worcestershire

Remember The Fallen - Lest We Forget

FREEMAN William Henry Is Named On These Memorials

Headless Cross C of E School now in St Luke’s C of E First School
Headless Cross Methodist Church WW1 Memorial
Headless Cross The Bridge Church formerly St Luke’s Church

Further Information About FREEMAN William Henry

On the 1911 census William Henry Freeman aged 16, Fish Hook Filer, lived with his parents Frank and Bertha and siblings at 182 Evesham Road, Headless Cross.

The Bromsgrove, Droitwich and Redditch Messenger, Saturday 17th February 1917:
Headless Cross Soldier Killed
News has been received by the parents of Private W. H. Freeman of Headless Cross, that he was killed in action at the end of January.  He was in the Worcestershire Regiment and was 22 years of age.

Bromsgrove, Droitwich and Redditch Messenger digitised by and courtesy of Martin Stephens:  http://www.bromsgrovebmsgh.co.uk

He is remembered on the Worcestershire Regiment Roll of Honour at:
http://www.worcestershireregiment.com/wr.php?main=inc/roll_honour_WW1_F

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Credits: Researched by Jillian Coombes.