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Second Lieutenant LEONARD DRAKE

Regiment & Unit/Ship

Sherwood Foresters (Notts and Derby Regiment)

11th Bn.

Date of Death

Died 05 October 1916

Age 26 years old

Buried or commemorated at

DERNANCOURT COMMUNAL CEMETERY EXTENSION

III. E. 25.

France

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  • Country of Service United Kingdom
  • Additional Info Son of W. H. and Mary Ann Drake, of 18, Parliament Hill, Hampstead, London. Educated at Edinburgh.
  • Personal Inscription DULCE ET DECORUM EST PRO PATRIA MORI
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Buried or commemorated at

DERNANCOURT COMMUNAL CEMETERY EXTENSION
Somme France
Number of casualties: 2167
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