Alan Freer

Alan Freer has a lot to anwser for! If it wern't for him I would not have some of the background information of a family in Belchamp Walter.

December 2022 - Having reviewed my External Link policy I have determined that there is no reason to have a link to Alan's work. I have a copy of it and anyone who makes a similar search to the one that directed me to Alan's website will also findhis find his site.

My concern was that any making the search that I allude above will conclude that I have a reason for putting the link on my page that is in some way a comment or an attempt to establish a connection with the content of this website with those named on a particular page of Alan's family tree of the Descendants of William the Conqueror.

I have a partial copy of the Freer tree reproduced on this website.

I have also added some images of portions of the tree to illustrate a point that I am making on a page. These images are possibly going to be found in an image search but I think that it is unlikely.

In instances where the image contains what looks like a hyperlink I have added one, see below.

If the search similar to the one that I used to find Alan's work is made, while his page should be found I have changed my pages to minimise the chances of my pages being found.

Military Cross

It is not known from looking at the Freer tree what the details of the recent history of the Raymond family. The tree was drawn-up after 1965 as this was the date of birth of the current owner. His father Micheal was still alive as was his grand father Samuel Philip (generally known as Philip by residents of the village).

The Freer tree denotes the Micheal was an M.C.

The award was created on 28 December 1914 for commissioned officers of the substantive rank of captain or below and for warrant officers. The first 98 awards were gazetted on 1 January 1915, to 71 officers, and 27 warrant officers. Although posthumous recommendations for the Military Cross were unavailable until 1979, the first awards included seven posthumous awards, with the word 'deceased' after the name of the recipient, from recommendations that had been raised before the recipients died of wounds or died from other causes.

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In June 1917, eligibility was extended to temporary majors, not above the substantive rank of captain. Substantive majors were made eligible in 1953.

The Halstead Advisor article of 1972 makes no mention of Micheal. It is presumed that he was still alive at that time.