Despite strenuous efforts to surmount this, Freyberg, who was made a Companion of the Order of the Bath in 1936, was obliged to retire on 16 October 1937.
Trods ihærdige anstrengelser for at overvinde dette, var Freyberg, som blev udnævnt til Companion of the Order of the Bath i 1936, tvunget til at tage sin afsked den 16. oktober 1937.