Notts Free Press, 15th February 1918
FREEMAN W.
Walter Freeman
Private 57476
12th Bn., Lincolnshire Regiment
transf. to (9689) 17th Coy., Labour Corps
Notts Free Press, 15th February 1918
Walter Freeman died on Wednesday 16th January 1918*, Age 32, and was buried in the BOULOGNE EASTERN CEMETERY, Pas de Calais, France.
He was born c1887 at Clay Cross, Derbyshire, to parents Samuel & Eliza Freeman. Samuel Freeman was a Machine Clerk and a native of Clay Cross, and the family were living at High Street, Clay Lane, in 1891. Sometime after 1891 Samuel Freeman died, and Eliza Freeman was married to Redfern Scott at St Mary's Church, Sutton, in September 1896. On the 1901 census the family were living at 25 Reform Street, Sutton, but at the time of Walter's death Mrs. Scott resided at 52 Nesbitt Street, Sutton-in-Ashfield, Notts.
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Notts Free Press - In Memoriam - 10th January 1919
From
‘Soldiers who died in the Great War 1914-19 –
Labour Corps’
FREEMAN
Walter. Born Clay Cross, Derbys, enlisted
Mansfield, Notts. Labour Corps, Private
9689, Died of wounds, France & Flanders, 16th January 1918. Formerly
57476 Lincs Regt.
Research by Heather Faulkes
*Both Soldiers Died and CWGC has date of 16th Jan, but newspapers have 15th Jan.
