Source: Michael Doyle Their Name Liveth For Evermore: The Great War Roll of Honour for Leicestershire and Rutland.
He was the husband of Mrs K. Freestone. Other sources show his place of residence as Shepshed, Leics. The War Diary entry for the events from the to the 12th to the 14th October 1917 records. LE CROQUET (HASEBROUCK 54). In the afternoon of the 12th October the 8th/9th LEICESTERSHIRE REGT divided into separate units and marched to OUDERDOM STATION and entrained there for LE CROQUET (HASEBROUCK 54) west of HASEBROUCK. The Battalion detrained at EBBLINGHEM STATION and marched to LE CROQUET arriving there at 11.30pm. On this day the Battalion came under the command of Major J. L. WARNER D.S.O. The 13th October was spent in resting the men and cleaning up of all kit and equipment.