We remember John Willie Drake

We remember John Willie Drake

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Timeline

Timeline

1886
sibling Clara Drake Source:9299054 1886
1887
birth Halifax, Yorkshire United Kingdom Source:9299003 Source:9299006 1887
1891
dates Age 4 Source:9299054 5th April 1891
1891
location 13 Hays Lane, Ovenden, Halifax, Yorkshire United Kingdom parents address Source:9299054 5th April 1891
1916
service British Army Private 4960 Duke of Wellington's (West Riding Regiment) 2/4 Battalion Source:9299011 11th March 1916 - 15th April 1916
1916
hospitalisation Pneumonia Hospital/Institution Source:9299011 13th April 1916
1916
dates Age 29 Source:9036938 15th April 1916
1916
death Double Pneumonia. Amesbury, Wiltshire United Kingdom Source:9036938 Source:9299011 Source:9299034 15th April 1916
burial Halifax (stoney Royd) Cemetery CWGC Cemetery/Memorial Yorkshire United Kingdom Spec. Memorial Source:9036938

Details

Details

Names
TypeName
First Names John Willie
Initials JW
Last Name Drake
Source 9036933
Gender
GenderSource
Male
Locations
AddressCountryTypeDateSource
13 Hays Lane, Ovenden, Halifax, Yorkshire United Kingdom parents address known 5th April 1891
Military Service
ServiceNumberUnitSectionRankSource
British Army 4960 Duke of Wellington's (West Riding Regiment) 2/4 Battalion Private
Family
Parents
NameRelationshipDatesSource
Sarah Hannah Drake mother
Sam Drake father
Siblings
NameRelationshipDatesSource
Clara Drake sister 1886

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Communities

Communities

Evidence

Evidence

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Official Records

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Soldiers died in the Great War 1914-1919 Transcription Jonathan101862
Commonwealth War Graves Commission (CWGC) Casualty Records Transcription Jonathan101862
England & Wales births 1837-2006 Transcription Jonathan101862
British Army Service Records 1914-1920 Transcription Jonathan101862
England & Wales deaths 1837-2007 Transcription Jonathan101862
1891 England, Wales & Scotland Census Transcription Jonathan101862

External Evidence

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Updated Commonwealth War Graves Commission record Charlotte33
Fargo Military Hospital Jonathan101862

Multimedia

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Report of death in local newspaper Wayne51525
Family notice in local newspaper Wayne51525
Church memorial Wayne51525

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