History while in the forces
Dec 1915: joined Sheffield University Officers' Training CorpsFeb 1916: gazetted to 15th Battalion West Yorkshire Regiment at Brockton Camp
Aug 1916: went with a detail to France as acting Captain in charge of "Bombers"
Jan 1917: home on leave Has been 'over the top' 6 times and no wounds. Was in the attack on Beaumont Hamel
23 Mar 1917: posted to Grantham for Machine Gun work
Dec 1918: still in France
- Surname
- Freeman
- Forename
- Cecil Johnson
- Rating or rank
- 2nd Lieutenant
- Regiment or Other Unit
- 15th Battalion West Yorkshire Regiment
- Branch
- Church Street, Sheffield
- Date of Birth
- 02 Feb 1895
- Date of birth
- 1895
- Date of Entering Bank's Service
- 01 Mar 1911
- Date of Joining HM Forces
- Dec 1915
