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Private WILLIAM DRAKE

Service Number: 9983
Regiment & Unit/Ship

Dorsetshire Regiment

6th Bn.

Date of Death

Died 07 July 1916

Age 23 years old

Buried or commemorated at

DARTMOOR CEMETERY, BECORDEL-BECOURT

I. E. 41.

France

Commonwealth War Graves Commission - Headstone Placeholder
  • Country of Service United Kingdom
  • Additional Info Son of Charles and Martha Bartlett Pope Drake, of "Dalmeny," Bayston Hill, Shrewsbury. Native of Hazelbury Bryan, Dorset.
  • Personal Inscription RESTING IN THE FINISHED WORK OF JESUS CHRIST OUR LORD
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Buried or commemorated at

DARTMOOR CEMETERY, BECORDEL-BECOURT
Somme France
Number of casualties: 768
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