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Lieutenant WILFRID WALLACE DRAKE

Regiment & Unit/Ship

Devonshire Regiment

2nd Bn.

Date of Death

Died 16 August 1917

Age 34 years old

Buried or commemorated at

BRANDHOEK NEW MILITARY CEMETERY NO.3

I. A. 12.

Belgium

Commonwealth War Graves Commission - Headstone Placeholder
  • Secondary Unit, Regiment attd. 23rd Trench Mortar Bty.
  • Country of Service United Kingdom
  • Additional Info Son of Mr. and Mrs. William Drake, late of Stalham, Norfolk; husband of Gladys Drake, of Reading, Berks.
  • Personal Inscription IN CHERISHED MEMORY GLADYS
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Buried or commemorated at

BRANDHOEK NEW MILITARY CEMETERY NO.3
West-Vlaanderen Belgium
Number of casualties: 974
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