FREESTONE Chart 0303

This is a Chart for Robert William Freestone and Ellen A Sayer

married(1)
June quarter
1915
 Barnet 
district
Hertfordshire		 (2)married
 March quarter
1948 
Fylde district Lancashire
2
ELLEN A SAYER
born 
 17th August 1893
occupation
1893 Assistant in Husbands Business
died
Not Found

 

1
ROBERT WILLIAM FREESTONE
born 
 22nd February 1894
(June quarter 1894)
Shenley Hertfordshire
occupation
1911 Baker & Confectioner
1939 Master Baker
died about
 1970
Watford district
 Hertfordshire
   3
HILDA GALLOWAY
born about
1900
4
Eric
 Henry
 FREESTONE
born about
March quarter
1916
Barnet district Hertfordshire
military service
Army  Lieutenant
243523 
Royal Armoured Corps
"A" Sqn.
3rd County of London Yeomanry (Sharpshooters)
died
 29th November 1943
 Italy
cause of death
 Shot by a sniper while in Canadian Rest Camp, Italy
memorial
The Moro River Canadian War Cemetery 
San Donato 
 Commune of Ortona, Province of Chieti,
Italy

married
 December quarter
1940
  Barnet district,
Hertfordshire
 Florence 
Margaret
 WILKINS
born about
1920 		5
Joan 
R 
FREESTONE
 born about
March quarter
1918
Barnet district, Hertfordshire

 married
 Terrence
 DORE
 born about
1913
military
Sergeant Major 
of the Coldstream Guards
 Normandy 
Landing 
Day 2 through into Germany 		6
Harold 
William
FREESTONE
born
21st September 1919
 Barnet district
 Hertfordshire
died
21st October 2010
Surbiton, Surrey
Aged 91

married
29th April 1942 
  Ridge
Hertfordshire
registered
June quarter
1942
Barnet district
Middlesex
Gwendoline
 E
 FORSDICK
 		7
William 
Robert
FREESTONE
born 
14th February 1923
Marylebone
LondoN
registered
June quarter
1923
Barnet district
Middlesex
died about
1991
 Harpenden, Hertfordshire
registered
March 1991
St Albans district
Hertfordshire
Aged 68

married
December quarter
1947 
Barnet district
Middlesex
Christina 
G 
BRODERICK
 		8
Margaret 
K
 FREESTONE
born about
 December quarter
1931
 Elstree, Hertfordshire
died about
June 2010 
 NorwIch, Norfolk

married
 September quarter
1954
 Croxley Green
 Hertfordshire
Colin G 
TAYLOR
 born 
February 1931
  1. 1901 Cottages, Shenley, Hertfordshire
    1911 Shenley, Barnet, Hertfordshire. Living with them was grandson Frederick FREESTONE (11) School
    1939 Model Bakery, Theobold Street, Elstree, Hertfordshire. Robert William FREESTONE born 22nd February 1894 Master Baker (Heavy Worker), Ellan A FREESTONE born 17th August 1893 Assistant in Husbands Business, then one record officially closed Harold W FREESTONE born 21st September 1919 Baker's Roundsman, William R FREESTONE born 14th February 1923 Baker and Roundsman, then another record officially closed.
  2. 1911 Shenley, Barnet, Hertfordshire. Living with them was grandson Frederick FREESTONE (11) School
    1939 Model Bakery, Theobold Street, Elstree, Hertfordshire. Robert William FREESTONE born 22nd February 1894 Master Baker (Heavy Worker), Ellan A FREESTONE born 17th August 1893 Assistant in Husbands Business, then one record officially closed Harold W FREESTONE born 21st September 1919 Baker's Roundsman, William R FREESTONE born 14th February 1923 Baker and Roundsman, then another record officially closed.
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  4. CWGC information for Eric
    Son of Robert William and Ellen Annie Freestone; husband of Florence Margaret Freestone, of Boreham Wood, Hertfordshire, England
    Information from Forces War Records Site sent by John TERRY 22/10/2014
    First Name: Eric Henry 
    Initials: E H 
    Surname: FREESTONE
    DOB: Circa 1915 
    Age: 28 
    Birth County: Hertfordshire. 
    Nationality: British 
    Resided County: Hertfordshire. 
    Date of Death: 29/11/1943 
    Information: Parents: Robert William and Ellen Annie Freestone; husband of Florence Margaret Freestone, of Boreham Wood, Hertfordshire, England. 
    Rank: Lieutenant 
    Service Number: 243523 
    Campaign Medals: 
    War Medal 1939-1945
    As with most Armed Forces Serving Personal during the conflict of World War Two, Eric Henry FREESTONE was entitled to the War Medal 1939-1945. This medal was awarded to all full time service personnel who had completed 28 days service between 3rd September 1939 and the 2nd September 1945. Eligible personnel who had been “Mentioned In Despatches” during the War were entitled to wear a bronze oak leaf emblem on the ribbon. Those eligible for a campaign star, yet who had their service cut short by death, wounds or capture by the enemy, still qualified for this medal. 
    1939-45 Star
    Given the information available to us it is likely that Eric Henry FREESTONE was awarded the 1939-45 Star for operational Service in the Second World War between 3rd September 1939, and 2nd September 1945.
    Eric Henry FREESTONE would have been awarded this star if their service period was terminated by their death or disability due to service. Also the award of a gallantry medal or “Mention In Despatches” also produced the award of this medal, regardless of their service duration.
    Fighter Aircraft Crew who took part in the Battle of Britain (10 July to 31 October 1940) were awarded the "Battle of Britain" bar to this medal. In undress uniform, a silver-gilt rosette was worn on the medal ribbon to denote the award of this clasp. 
    Service: British Army 
    Regiment: Royal Armoured Corps 
    Royal Armoured Corps during World War 2
    Formed: 1939
    The Royal Armoured Corps (RAC) is currently a collection of ten regular regiments, mostly converted from old horse cavalry regiments, and four Yeomanry regiments of the Territorial Army. It provides the armour capability of the British Army, with vehicles such as the Challenger 2 Tank and the Scimitar Reconnaissance Vehicle.
    The RAC was created on 4 April 1939, just before World War II started, by combining the cavalry wing (cavalry units that had mechanised), and the Royal Tank Corps (which was thereupon renamed the Royal Tank Regiment within the new corps). As the war went on, many other units became mechanised and joined this corps. In 1944, the RAC absorbed the Reconnaissance Corps.
    The regiments (like the Royal Tank Regiments, battalion-sized) of the RAC during the war were numbered in the range from 1 to 200. These included training regiments and battalions of infantry converted. For example the 5th Bn of the Gordon Highlanders became the 116th Regiment RAC
    Units
    The Royal Armoured Corps is divided into those regiments that operate main battle tanks (armoured regiments) and those that operate reconnaissance tanks (formation reconnaissance regiments). Of these, three regiments are designated as Dragoon Guards, two as Hussars, two as Lancers and one as Light Dragoons. The remaining two are the two regiments of the Royal Tank Regiment. In the regular army there are five armoured regiments and five formation reconnaissance regiments:
    Regular Army:
    1st The Queens Dragoon Guards - Formation Reconnaissance
    The Royal Scots Dragoon Guards (Carabiniers and Greys) - Armoured
    The Royal Dragoon Guards - Armoured
    The Queens Royal Hussars (The Queens Own and Royal Irish) - Armoured
    9th/12th Royal Lancers (Prince of Waless) - Formation Reconnaissance
    The Kings Royal Hussars - Armoured
    The Light Dragoons - Formation Reconnaissance
    The Queens Royal Lancers - Formation Reconnaissance
    1st Royal Tank Regiment - NBC and training/demonstration
    2nd Royal Tank Regiment - Armoured 
    Click here for more information on Royal Armoured Corps 
    Battalion: ""A"" Squadron, 3rd County of London Yeomanry (Sharpshooters). 
    Archive Reference: WO 304/2 
    Commemorated: Britain 
    Place of Death: Italy 
    Collections: UK, Army Roll of Honour, 1939-1945 
    The IWGC/CWGC Registers Collection 
  5. Terrence and Joan lived together. Terrence was a devout Catholic who had been married before
  6. 1939 Model Bakery, Theobold Street, Elstree, Hertfordshire. Robert William FREESTONE born 22nd February 1894 Master Baker (Heavy Worker), Ellan A FREESTONE born 17th August 1893 Assistant in Husbands Business, then one record officially closed Harold W FREESTONE born 21st September 1919 Baker's Roundsman, William R FREESTONE born 14th February 1923 Baker and Roundsman, then another record officially closed.
  7. 1939 Model Bakery, Theobold Street, Elstree, Hertfordshire. Robert William FREESTONE born 22nd February 1894 Master Baker (Heavy Worker), Ellan A FREESTONE born 17th August 1893 Assistant in Husbands Business, then one record officially closed Harold W FREESTONE born 21st September 1919 Baker's Roundsman, William R FREESTONE born 14th February 1923 Baker and Roundsman, then another record officially closed.
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