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Private CECIL EDWARD DRAKE

Service Number: 10146
Regiment & Unit/Ship

Northamptonshire Regiment

2nd Bn.

Date of Death

Died 25 October 1916

Age 20 years old

Buried or commemorated at

A.I.F. BURIAL GROUND, FLERS

I. D. 26.

France

Commonwealth War Graves Commission - Headstone Placeholder
  • Country of Service United Kingdom
  • Additional Info Son of Robert and Martha Drake, of Morcott, Uppingham, Rutland.
  • Personal Inscription FATHER IN THY GRACIOUS KEEPING LEAVE ME NOW THY SOLDIER SLEEPING
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Buried or commemorated at

A.I.F. BURIAL GROUND, FLERS
Somme France
Number of casualties: 3647
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