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Trooper CHARLES WALTER DRAPER

Service Number: 551881
Regiment & Unit/Ship

Royal Armoured Corps

The Queen's Bays (2nd Dragoon Guards).

Date of Death

Died 27 May 1940

Age 27 years old

Buried or commemorated at

ABBEVILLE COMMUNAL CEMETERY EXTENSION

Plot 7. Row E. Joint grave 4-5.

France

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  • Country of Service United Kingdom
  • Additional Info Son of Walter Charles and L.ucy Draper; husband of Mary A. Draper, of Whangarei, Auckland, New Zealand.
  • Personal Inscription A DAY I WILL ALWAYS REMEMBER THOUGH THE REST OF THE WORLD FORGETS. "MAE"
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Buried or commemorated at

ABBEVILLE COMMUNAL CEMETERY EXTENSION
Somme France
Number of casualties: 2106
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