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Lance Corporal JOSEPH HENRY DRAKES

Service Number: 8598
Regiment & Unit/Ship

York and Lancaster Regiment

2nd Bn.

Date of Death

Died 12 September 1916

Age 27 years old

Buried or commemorated at

FLATIRON COPSE CEMETERY, MAMETZ

III. I. 6.

France

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  • Country of Service United Kingdom
  • Additional Info Son of Robert and Mary Drakes, of Belton, Lincs.; husband of Emily Drakes, of Rochester Terrace, Buckhurst Rd., Frimley Green, Surrey.
  • Personal Inscription IN LOVING MEMORY OF MY DEAR HUSBAND
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Buried or commemorated at

FLATIRON COPSE CEMETERY, MAMETZ
Somme France
Number of casualties: 1573
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