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Leading Aircraftman ROBERT DRAKE

Service Number: 947291
Regiment & Unit/Ship

Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve

244 Sqdn.

Date of Death

Died 18 August 1943

Age 21 years old

Buried or commemorated at

BASRA WAR CEMETERY

7. P. 2.

Iraq

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  • Country of Service United Kingdom
  • Additional Info Son of Robert and Leah Drake, of Coventry.
  • Personal Inscription "HE SHALL GIVE HIS ANGELS CHARGE OVER THEE, TO KEEP THEE IN ALL THY WAYS"
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Buried or commemorated at

BASRA WAR CEMETERY
Iraq
Number of casualties: 3071
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