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War
Memorials Elsewhere, - Wigston Magna, Leicestershire |
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The War Memorial outside All Saints' Church, Wigston Magna (Leicestershire).
- select the above image for a larger one where the names can be read more
clearly.
(Photo : Richard Roberts <richard.nsw@googlemail.com>)
The War Memorial outside the Church at Wigston Magna includes the name of an officer of the Yorkshire Regiment.
There is also a War Memorial inside the church, on which this same officer is commemorated. Some photos of the memorial inside the church are shown below.
2nd Lieutenant Cecil James Freeston. 7th Battalion Yorkshire Regiment.
Son of E. J. Freeston, of 82, Conduit St., Leicester; husband of the late
E. B. Freeston (nee Bunn), of Cook's Lane, Wigston, Leicester. Killed 18 September
1917. Aged 28.
Buried SUNKEN ROAD CEMETERY, FAMPOUX.
The following biographical details are taken from Robert
Coulson's Biographies of Officers of the Yorkshire Regiment;-
"Cecil Freeston was born in Leicester in 1890.
At the onset of war, Cecil Freeston enlisted as a private soldier with the
Leicestershire regiment rising to the rank of Corporal before undertaking
officer training and being gazetted to the 7th Yorkshires.
In September 1917 the battalion were holding the line north of the river Scarpe
close to Gavrelle.
In this sector 2nd Lt Cecil James Freeston was killed in action on September
18th 1917 at the age of 28."
All Saints' Church, Wigston Magna (Leicestershire).
(Photo : Richard Roberts <richard.nsw@googlemail.com>)
All photos by Richard Roberts <richard.nsw@googlemail.com>
Inside the church, behind the choir stalls on the right as you look towards the Altar, is a memorial stained glass window that commemorates those who lost their lives in the First World War.
Beneath this memorial window are two bronze metal tablets. The tablet on the left commemorates those who died in the First World War; the tablet on the right commemorates those who died in the Second World War.
Lieutenant Freeston's Name on the First World War Memorial Tablet
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