Major SAMUEL HENRY DOAKE
Regiment & Unit/Ship
Royal Field Artillery
52nd Army Bde.
Date of Death
Died 30 March 1918
Age 25 years old
- Country of Service United Kingdom
- Awards Distinguished Service Order
- Additional Info Son of the late Richard Baxter Doake, of "Redmeade," 9, Granville Rd., Eastbourne, and the late Mary Elizabeth Doake. Native of Glen Lagan, Dromara, Co. Down. Educated St. Paul's School, passing second into R.M.A., Woolwich. Commissioned Royal Artillery, 1912. Landed in France, Aug., 1914, and served continuously at the front for three and a half years.
- Personal Inscription STRONG,BRAVE,GENTLE,BELOVED IN FRANCE FROM AUGUST 1914 FOUGHT IN TWENTY BATTLES
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