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Sergeant WILLIAM JOHN DRAKE

Service Number: 1380012
Regiment & Unit/Ship

Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve

156 Sqdn.

Date of Death

Died 12 June 1943

Age 23 years old

Buried or commemorated at

LEMSTERLAND (LEMMER) GENERAL CEMETERY

Plot C. Row 8. Grave 235.

Netherlands

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  • Country of Service United Kingdom
  • Additional Info Son of John and Emily Drake, of Winchester.
  • Personal Inscription JESUS CALLED HIM TO HEAVEN'S PERFECT PEACE
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Buried or commemorated at

LEMSTERLAND (LEMMER) GENERAL CEMETERY
Friesland Netherlands
Number of casualties: 44
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