Sergeant Arthur B Freer

Arthur Freer was a sergeant in “D” Company, the 8th Battalion, Leicestershire Regiment, service number 14593. He was one of the 14 Johnson & Barnes ‘Pals’ who joined up in Leicester on 7th September 1914.

He was aged 27 when he died on 27th May 1918. He was the son of David & Elizabeth Freer, of Harborough Road, Kibworth Harcourt.

He was one of the group of fourteen friends who all enlisted on 8th September 1914.

Sergeant Freer is commemorated on the Soissons Memorial, Aisne, France.

He was awarded the 1914-15 Star, the Victory Medal and the British War Medal.

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