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Lance Serjeant ERNEST DRAKE

Service Number: 2763
Regiment & Unit/Ship

West Yorkshire Regiment (Prince of Wales's Own)

"D" Coy. 1st/7th Bn.

Date of Death

Died 12 July 1916

Age 24 years old

Buried or commemorated at

LONSDALE CEMETERY, AUTHUILLE

IV. E. 10.

France

Commonwealth War Graves Commission - Headstone Placeholder
  • Country of Service United Kingdom
  • Additional Info Son of Emma Drake, of 204, Parkside Rd., West Bowling, Bradford, Yorks, and the late Isaac Drake.
  • Personal Inscription GREATER LOVE HATH NO MAN THAN THIS
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Buried or commemorated at

LONSDALE CEMETERY, AUTHUILLE
Somme France
Number of casualties: 1542
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