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Private JOHN WILLIE DRAKE

Service Number: 4960
Regiment & Unit/Ship

Duke of Wellington's (West Riding Regiment)

2nd/4th Bn.

Date of Death

Died 15 April 1916

Age 29 years old

Buried or commemorated at

HALIFAX (STONEY ROYD) CEMETERY

Spec. Memorial.

United Kingdom

Commonwealth War Graves Commission - Headstone Placeholder
  • Country of Service United Kingdom
  • Additional Info Son of Sarah Hannah Drake, of 13, Hays Lane, Mixenden, Halifax, and the late Sam Drake. Alternative Commemoration - buried in Illingworth (St. Mary) Churchyard.
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Buried or commemorated at

HALIFAX (STONEY ROYD) CEMETERY
Yorkshire United Kingdom
Number of casualties: 78
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