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Gunner ARTHUR FRANCIS DRAKEFORD

Service Number: 1769005
Regiment & Unit/Ship

Royal Artillery

21 Lt. A.A. Regt.

Date of Death

Died 08 January 1943

Age 34 years old

Buried or commemorated at

YOKOHAMA WAR CEMETERY

Brit. Sec. P. C. 5.

Japan

Commonwealth War Graves Commission - Headstone Placeholder
  • Country of Service United Kingdom
  • Additional Info Son of James and Lydia Drakeford, of Sheldon, Birmingham.
  • Personal Inscription LOVING MEMORIES OF ARTHUR FRANCIS. WIFE LYDIA
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Buried or commemorated at

YOKOHAMA WAR CEMETERY
Japan
Number of casualties: 1689
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