Private Percy Freeman

Army Number : 14650

Battalion : 10th Battalion Sherwood Foresters (Notts & Derbys) Regiment.

British 15 Star, British War and Victory MedalBorn and lived at Creswell, Derbyshire. Son of Sarah Ann Freeman. He was a coal miner prior to enlisting at Creswell, 2nd September 1914. He went to France 14th July 1915 and was killed in action, 10th September 1916, by German shellfire whilst on a working party near Fricourt, France, during the Battle of the Somme.

Private Percy Freeman

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Derbyshire Courier 23rd September 1916

Commemorated : Thiepval Memorial, France. Pier and Face 10 C 10 D and 11 A.

Thiepval Memorial, France.

Private Percy Freeman is also commemorated on the following local memorials:-
Creswell War Memorial, Cresswell, Derbyshire.