Name
George Freeman
Conflict
First World War
Date of Death / Age
05/11/1917
38
Rank, Service Number & Service Details
Private
290887
Suffolk Regiment
1st/5th Bn.
Awards: Service Medals/Honour Awards
British War and Victory medals
Cemetery/Memorial: Name/Reference/Country
BAGHDAD (NORTH GATE) WAR CEMETERY
B.102
Iraq
Headstone Inscription
Not Researched
UK & Other Memorials
St Mary's Church Memorial, Shephall, Not on the Graveley memorials, Not on the St Ippolyts Church memorial
Pre War
George was born in St Ippolyts, near Hitchin, Hertfordshire. Later in life he worked in Stevenage as a Domestic Groom and lived in Nottingham Road with his wife, Agnes, and their son, William John.
Wartime Service
The Battalion were serving in Egypt and Palestine after having served on the Gallipoli Peninsular.
On the 5th November 1917 they were in trenches at a location in Palestine named Fusilier Ridge, and were ordered to attack Turkish positions. The enemy artillery were using high bursting Shrapnel shells which caused many men to become wounded, one of whom was George Freeman. He died as a result of his injuries and is buried in the Deir El Belah War Cemetery, Israel.
Additional Information
www.stevenageatwar.com
Acknowledgments
Paul Johnson, Jill Campbell (Stevenage Museum) - Photo
