Private Lewis Edwards Drake
PERSONAL INFORMATION
Name:
Drake,
Lewis Edwards
Date of birth: 1877-09-09
Place of birth: Gomersal Yorkshire England
Next of kin: Bertha Drake, wife, Walnut Street, Paris, Ontario
Marital status: married
Occupation (attested): Carder
Occupation (normalized): Fibre Carder
Religion: Methodist
Date of death:
1918-09-27
Cause of death:
Killed in action
Buried:
Quarry Wood Cemetery, III. A. 29.
MILITARY INFORMATION
Regimental number: 772421
Highest Rank:
Private
(50th Battalion)
Rank detail
- Private, 50th Battalion, Infantry (Army). 1918-08-14 to 1918-09-27
- Private, 54th Battalion, Infantry (Army). 1918-04-05 to 1918-08-13
- Private, 125th Battalion, Infantry (Army). 1915-12-12 to 1918-04-04
Degree of service: Europe
Survived war: no
RESEARCH INFORMATION
CVWM ID: No CVWM ID in our database, but try
this.
CWGC ID: 596097
LAC ID:
363423
Service file: B2658-S025
Uploader's Notes: Prior service with Volunteer Artillery, England. Son of John and Nancy Drake, of Yorkshire, England; husband of Bertha Drake, of Paris, Ontario.
Uploader's Research notes: June 2020 - BWM/VM pair, Memorial Plaque and Memorial Cross offered on eBay. [Private Army Canadian Infantry 125th Battalion Private Army Canadian Infantry 54th Battalion Private Army Canadian Infantry 50th Battalion ]
ARCHIVAL INFORMATION
Date added: 2004-09-04
Last modified: 2020-06-05