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Charles Ambrose Freestone (1915-2006)

Soldier
Service No:7910995
Rank:Corporal
Squadron:A
Troop:A1 Echelon
Role:Fitter
Service:POW. Reported Missing, 4 Aug 1944 [Summary] Held at Stalag 357 in Oerbke, Nr. Fallingbostel
Civilian
Occupation:Accountant
Residence:389 Mitcham Road, Croydon, Surrey (1939),
19 Heather Road, Lambeth, Surrey (1945, 50),
32 Wattendon Road, Kenley, Purley, Surrey (1964, 65)
Birth:27 May 1915 registered in Wandsworth, Surrey
Death:registered Feb 2006 in Carmarthen, Carmarthenshire
Marriage:to Joan E Bowler registered Sep 1945 in Lewisham, London
Children:1 daughter
Parents
Frederick Thomas FreestoneHannah Matilda Eugenie Sargent
Journeyman Baker.
17 Coteford Street, Tooting (1911),
389 Mitcham Road, Croydon, Surrey (1939).
Birth 22 Oct 1877 in Buntingford, Hertfordshire.
Death 29 Nov 1946 in Caterham, Surrey.
Birth 24 May 1878 in Bethnal Green, London.
Death 15 May 1963 in Wivenhoe, Essex.
Marriage registered Mar 1897 in Wandsworth, Surrey.

Notes

Charles was one of three A Squadron men taken prisoner when the Regiment's fitters' convoy was ambushed between the village of Presles and the Perrier Ridge. A fuller account of the incident is here.

He is on the list of men who attended the 23H reunion in 1959.