Orders, Decorations, Medals and Militaria

A Second War B.E.M. pair awarded to Acting First Class Draughtsman H. G. Freeston, Engineer-in-Chief’s Department, Admiralty

British Empire Medal, (Civil) G.VI.R., 1st issue (Herbert G. Freeston) in card box of issue; Defence Medal, in card box of issue addressed to ‘Mr. H. G. Freeston, 39 Warren Park Road, Sutton, Surrey’, with enclosure, good very fine (2) £140-£180

B.E.M. London Gazette 24 June 1946 (Acting First Class Draughtsman, Engineer-in-Chief’s Department, Admiralty).

Herbert George Freeston was born in Strood, Kent in August 1912. He was appointed as an Engine Fitter, H.M. Dockyards and Naval Establishments, Admiralty in November 1934. Freeston continued to be employed by the Admiralty during the Second War, and was commissioned Temporary Sub Lieutenant in the Royal Naval Volunteer Reserve (Special Branch) in August 1945.