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Private ARTHUR JOHN DRAKE

Service Number: 2606
Regiment & Unit/Ship

Welsh Guards

1st Bn.

Date of Death

Died 11 October 1918

Age 29 years old

Buried or commemorated at

ST. VAAST COMMUNAL CEMETERY EXTENSION

A. 3.

France

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  • Country of Service United Kingdom
  • Additional Info Son of John W. and F. E. Drake, of The Ship Inn, Giants Grave, Briton Ferry, Glam.
  • Personal Inscription REST IN PEACE MY ONLY SON
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Buried or commemorated at

ST. VAAST COMMUNAL CEMETERY EXTENSION
Nord France
Number of casualties: 45
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