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Place of birth

Bradford, Yorkshire [5]

Brisbane Queensland [5]

Plymouth, Devon [5]

Bristol, Gloucestershire [4]

Evandale Tasmania [4]

Islington, London [4]

Leeds, Yorkshire [4]

London, Middlesex, England [4]

Norwich, Norfolk [4]

Dover, Kent [3]

London, Middlesex [3]

Bermondsey, London [2]

Bow, London [2]

Cardiff, Glamorgan [2]

Dagenham, Essex [2]

Darlington New South Wales [2]

Devon [2]

Devonport, Devon [2]

Dorchester, Dorset [2]

Fulham, London [2]

Great Warley, Essex [2]

Great Yarmouth, Norfolk [2]

Hackney, London [2]

Halifax, Yorkshire [2]

Hobart Tasmania [2]

Ilford, Essex [2]

Ipswich, Suffolk [2]

Latrobe Tasmania [2]

London England [2]

Midland Junction Western Australia [2]

Norwich [2]

Portsmouth, Hampshire [2]

Sittingbourne, Kent [2]

Skipton, Yorkshire [2]

Staines, Middlesex [2]

Taunton, Somerset [2]

Torpoint, Cornwall [2]

West Ham, London [2]

Yeovil, Dorset [2]

York [2]

Aberdeen, Scotland [1]

Accrington, Lancashire [1]

Allansford Victoria [1]

Ashtead, Surrey [1]

Ballarine Victoria [1]

Banbury, Oxfordshire [1]

Barton on Humber [1]

Beaconsfield Tasmania [1]

Bingley, Yorkshire, England [1]

Birmingham, Warwickshire, England [1]

Rank

Private [861]

Gunner [108]

Serjeant [90]

Driver [84]

Corporal [72]

Sapper [63]

Second Lieutenant [45]

Lieutenant [42]

Lance Corporal [38]

Captain [26]

Acting Corporal [15]

Acting Serjeant [15]

Warrant Officer Class 2 [12]

Bombardier [11]

Pioneer [11]

Lieutenant Colonel [10]

Major [9]

Stoker 1st Class [7]

Colour Serjeant [6]

Acting Warrant Officer Class 2 [5]

Company Serjeant Major [5]

Rifleman [5]

Acting Captain [4]

Leading Stoker [4]

Worker [4]

Acting Bombardier [3]

Acting Warrant Officer Class 1 [3]

Battery Serjeant Major [3]

Captain /Temporary Major [3]

Company Quarter Master Serjeant [3]

Mechanist Staff Serjeant [3]

Stoker 2nd Class [3]

Able Seaman [2]

Acting Leading Stoker [2]

Boy 1st Class [2]

Brigadier General [2]

Captain Acting Major [2]

Guardsman [2]

Leading Seaman [2]

Regimental Quarter Master Serjeant [2]

Serjeant/Acting Company Serjeant Major [2]

Sister [2]

Staff Serjeant [2]

Stoker Petty Officer [2]

Temporary Lieutenant [2]

Temporary Second Lieutenant [2]

Transport Corporal [2]

Transport Serjeant [2]

Warrant Officer Class 1 [2]

2nd Corporal [1]

Unit

Royal Field Artillery [133]

Royal Engineers [116]

Labour Corps [105]

Army Service Corps [92]

London Regiment [72]

Royal Garrison Artillery [61]

Royal Army Medical Corps [59]

West Riding Regiment [55]

Machine Gun Corps [46]

West Yorkshire Regiment [40]

Middlesex Regiment [32]

Royal Fusiliers [31]

Hampshire Regiment [27]

Essex Regiment [25]

Rifle Brigade [24]

Suffolk Regiment [23]

Army Ordnance Corps [21]

Gloucestershire Regiment [21]

Dorsetshire Regiment [20]

Royal Warwickshire Regiment [20]

Northumberland Fusiliers [18]

Durham Light Infantry [17]

King's Royal Rifle Corps [17]

Lincolnshire Regiment [17]

Royal West Kent Regiment [17]

Norfolk Regiment [16]

The Queen's Regiment [16]

Nottinghamshire and Derbyshire Regiment [15]

Royal Horse Artillery [15]

Yorkshire Regiment [15]

Devonshire Regiment [14]

East Surrey Regiment [14]

Lancashire Fusiliers [14]

Manchester Regiment [14]

Liverpool Regiment [13]

Royal Army Service Corps [12]

Royal Berkshire Regiment [12]

Worcestershire Regiment [12]

Border Regiment [11]

Corps of Hussars [11]

East Kent Regiment [11]

Hussars [11]

Yorkshire Light Infantry [11]

Canadian Infantry [10]

Leicestershire Regiment [10]

Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire Light Infantry [10]

Royal Defence Corps [10]

Royal Sussex Regiment [10]

East Lancashire Regiment [9]

East Yorkshire Regiment [9]

Service

British Army [1443]

Royal Navy [174]

Air Force (RAF/RFC) [117]

Canadian Expeditionary Force [103]

Australian Imperial Force [70]

New Zealand Expeditionary Force [38]

Other Empire Force [5]

Indian Army [2]

South African Services [1]

Last name first letter

D [1976]

T [4]

H [2]

B [1]

K [1]

Contribution

Military Service [1943]

Merchant Navy [31]

Conscientious Objector [3]

Country

United Kingdom [41]

Canada [1]

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Place of birth

Bradford, Yorkshire [5] Brisbane Queensland [5] Plymouth, Devon [5] Bristol, Gloucestershire [4] Evandale Tasmania [4] Islington, London [4] Leeds, Yorkshire [4] London, Middlesex, England [4] Norwich, Norfolk [4] Dover, Kent [3] London, Middlesex [3] Bermondsey, London [2] Bow, London [2] Cardiff, Glamorgan [2] Dagenham, Essex [2] Darlington New South Wales [2] Devon [2] Devonport, Devon [2] Dorchester, Dorset [2] Fulham, London [2] Great Warley, Essex [2] Great Yarmouth, Norfolk [2] Hackney, London [2] Halifax, Yorkshire [2] Hobart Tasmania [2] Ilford, Essex [2] Ipswich, Suffolk [2] Latrobe Tasmania [2] London England [2] Midland Junction Western Australia [2] Norwich [2] Portsmouth, Hampshire [2] Sittingbourne, Kent [2] Skipton, Yorkshire [2] Staines, Middlesex [2] Taunton, Somerset [2] Torpoint, Cornwall [2] West Ham, London [2] Yeovil, Dorset [2] York [2] Aberdeen, Scotland [1] Accrington, Lancashire [1] Allansford Victoria [1] Ashtead, Surrey [1] Ballarine Victoria [1] Banbury, Oxfordshire [1] Barton on Humber [1] Beaconsfield Tasmania [1] Bingley, Yorkshire, England [1] Birmingham, Warwickshire, England [1]

Rank

Private [861] Gunner [108] Serjeant [90] Driver [84] Corporal [72] Sapper [63] Second Lieutenant [45] Lieutenant [42] Lance Corporal [38] Captain [26] Acting Corporal [15] Acting Serjeant [15] Warrant Officer Class 2 [12] Bombardier [11] Pioneer [11] Lieutenant Colonel [10] Major [9] Stoker 1st Class [7] Colour Serjeant [6] Acting Warrant Officer Class 2 [5] Company Serjeant Major [5] Rifleman [5] Acting Captain [4] Leading Stoker [4] Worker [4] Acting Bombardier [3] Acting Warrant Officer Class 1 [3] Battery Serjeant Major [3] Captain /Temporary Major [3] Company Quarter Master Serjeant [3] Mechanist Staff Serjeant [3] Stoker 2nd Class [3] Able Seaman [2] Acting Leading Stoker [2] Boy 1st Class [2] Brigadier General [2] Captain Acting Major [2] Guardsman [2] Leading Seaman [2] Regimental Quarter Master Serjeant [2] Serjeant/Acting Company Serjeant Major [2] Sister [2] Staff Serjeant [2] Stoker Petty Officer [2] Temporary Lieutenant [2] Temporary Second Lieutenant [2] Transport Corporal [2] Transport Serjeant [2] Warrant Officer Class 1 [2] 2nd Corporal [1]

Unit

Royal Field Artillery [133] Royal Engineers [116] Labour Corps [105] Army Service Corps [92] London Regiment [72] Royal Garrison Artillery [61] Royal Army Medical Corps [59] West Riding Regiment [55] Machine Gun Corps [46] West Yorkshire Regiment [40] Middlesex Regiment [32] Royal Fusiliers [31] Hampshire Regiment [27] Essex Regiment [25] Rifle Brigade [24] Suffolk Regiment [23] Army Ordnance Corps [21] Gloucestershire Regiment [21] Dorsetshire Regiment [20] Royal Warwickshire Regiment [20] Northumberland Fusiliers [18] Durham Light Infantry [17] King's Royal Rifle Corps [17] Lincolnshire Regiment [17] Royal West Kent Regiment [17] Norfolk Regiment [16] The Queen's Regiment [16] Nottinghamshire and Derbyshire Regiment [15] Royal Horse Artillery [15] Yorkshire Regiment [15] Devonshire Regiment [14] East Surrey Regiment [14] Lancashire Fusiliers [14] Manchester Regiment [14] Liverpool Regiment [13] Royal Army Service Corps [12] Royal Berkshire Regiment [12] Worcestershire Regiment [12] Border Regiment [11] Corps of Hussars [11] East Kent Regiment [11] Hussars [11] Yorkshire Light Infantry [11] Canadian Infantry [10] Leicestershire Regiment [10] Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire Light Infantry [10] Royal Defence Corps [10] Royal Sussex Regiment [10] East Lancashire Regiment [9] East Yorkshire Regiment [9]

Service

British Army [1443] Royal Navy [174] Air Force (RAF/RFC) [117] Canadian Expeditionary Force [103] Australian Imperial Force [70] New Zealand Expeditionary Force [38] Other Empire Force [5] Indian Army [2] South African Services [1]

Last name first letter

D [1976] T [4] H [2] B [1] K [1]

Contribution

Military Service [1943] Merchant Navy [31] Conscientious Objector [3]

Country

United Kingdom [41] Canada [1]

Christopher Hutchinson Drake

Born 1900

Died 1948

Royal Navy J84573

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Robert Drake

Born 1894

Died 1926

British Army 12988 Serjeant West Riding Regiment

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John Albert Drake

Born 1879

Died 1917

Canadian Expeditionary Force 490290

Canadian Expeditionary Force 490290 Sapper Canadian Railway Troops 9th Battalion

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John George Ormandy Drake

Born 1895

Died 1959

British Army 16363 Private King's (Liverpool Regiment) 18th Battalion (2nd Liverpool Pals)

British Army Second Lieutenant King's (Liverpool Regiment)

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George William Drake

Born 1897

Died 1918

British Army 41227 Private Yorkshire Regiment

British Army 374060 Private Labour Corps

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Robert Drake

Born 1876

Died 1940

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 195676

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Jim Drake

Born 1891

Died 1935

British Army 57671 Serjeant Liverpool Regiment

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Percy Edward Drake

Born 1890

Died 1917

British Army S/13482 Private Rifle Brigade

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John Willie Drake

Born 1887

Died 1916

British Army 4960 Private Duke of Wellington's (West Riding Regiment) 2/4 Battalion

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John Harold Drake

Born 1883

Died 1918

British Army 14/844 Private York and Lancaster Regiment

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James Drake

Born 1884

Died 1916

British Army 6832 Lance Corporal East Lancashire Regiment

British Army 6832 Acting Serjeant East Lancashire Regiment

British Army 6832 Serjeant East Lancashire Regiment

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Robert John Drake

Born 1893

Died 1917

British Army 1283 Private Huntingdonshire Cyclist Battalion 3rd Battalion

British Army 30307 Private Royal Warwickshire Regiment 14th Battalion.

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William Charles Drake

Born 1889

Died 1916

British Army 9332 Private King's Own Royal Lancaster Regiment

British Army 9332 Private King's Own (Royal Lancaster Regiment)

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Arthur Charles Drake

Born 1895

British Army 14966 Private Norfolk Regiment

British Army 14966 Acting Corporal Norfolk Regiment

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George Drake

Born 1900

Died 1918

British Army 43474 Private Worcestershire Regiment

British Army 32506 Private Devonshire Regiment

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Charles Nelson Seymore Drake

Born 1895

Died 1918

British Army 955260 Driver Royal Field Artillery

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 78752 Royal Flying Corps

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 401619 Air Mechanic 2nd Class Royal Air Force

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Samuel William Drake

Born 1896

Died 1920

Canadian Expeditionary Force 166314

Canadian Expeditionary Force

Canadian Expeditionary Force 166314 Sapper Canadian Engineers 2 Pioneer Battalion

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Francis Norman Drake

Born 1893

Died 1918

British Army A/361249 Acting Warrant Officer Class 1 Army Service Corps

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Harry Webb Drake

Born 1898

Died 1918

British Army 201145 Private Suffolk Regiment

British Army 201145 Private Cambridgeshire Regiment

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Arthur Drake

Born 1883

Died 1916

British Army 17162 Private Suffolk Regiment

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