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Gunner ERNEST DRAPER

Service Number: L/754
Regiment & Unit/Ship

Royal Field Artillery

"C" Bty. 58th Bde.

Date of Death

Died 04 August 1916

Age 19 years old

Buried or commemorated at

CORBIE COMMUNAL CEMETERY EXTENSION

Plot 2. Row A. Grave 38.

France

Commonwealth War Graves Commission - Headstone Placeholder
  • Country of Service United Kingdom
  • Additional Info Son of Richard and Ann E. Draper, of 28, Tunnel Street, Whittlefield, Burnley, Lancashire.
  • Personal Inscription HE GAVE THE SWEETEST THING ON EARTH HIS LIFE
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Buried or commemorated at

CORBIE COMMUNAL CEMETERY EXTENSION
Somme France
Number of casualties: 916
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