Name
William John Drake
Conflict
First World War
Date of Death / Age
30/09/1916
Rank, Service Number & Service Details
Private
36302
Royal Berkshire Regiment
6th Bn.
Awards: Service Medals/Honour Awards
Not Yet Researched
Cemetery/Memorial: Name/Reference/Country
THIEPVAL MEMORIAL
Pier and Face 11 D.
France
Headstone Inscription
Not Researched
UK & Other Memorials
Gilston Village Memorial, Not listed on the Hertfordshire Regimental Memorial, All Saints Church, Hertford
Pre War
The Soldiers Died In The Great War (SDITGW) database records that he was living in Harlow Essex when he enlisted in Hertford.
Wartime Service
Formerly 5875 in the Hertfordshire Regiment.
Killed in action.
Acknowledgments
Stuart Osborne
Jonty Wild
