FREEMAN F.

Fred Freeman

Private* 13807

2nd Bn. Lincolnshire Regiment

Fred Freeman died on 1st July 1916, aged 22 years, and was remembered on the THIEPVAL MEMORIAL, Somme, France.

He was born c1894 at Burton-on-Trent, Staffs, to parents William & Elizabeth Freeman. William Freeman was a Cooper, who married Elizabeth Moore at St John, Mansfield, in September 1883. They were both natives of Mansfield. In 1901, the family resided at Horninglow, Burton-on-Trent.

From ‘Soldiers who died in the Great War 1914-19 –  Lincolnshire Regiment’

FREEMAN Fred. Born Burton-on-Trent, resides Stanton Hill, Notts. 2nd Bn., Lincolnshire Regt., Private 13807, Killed in Action, France & Flanders, 1st July 1916.

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Research by Heather Faulkes
* Although the memorial shows the rank as L/Cpl, I have not yet found records to confirm a promotion.