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Citation(s);
Military service
Age:
32
Rank:
Lieutenant
Force:
Army
Unit/Regiment:
4th Canadian Mounted Rifles (2nd Central Ontario Regt.)
Death:
September 16, 1916
Burial/memorial information
Grave reference:
II. A. 3.
Additional information
Son of Elizabeth Drakes, of The Manor House, Gringley, Doncaster, England.
Additional citations
Military Medal
Digital gallery of Lieutenant Percy William Drakes
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Circumstances of death registers
Source: Library and Archives Canada. CIRCUMSTANCES OF DEATH REGISTERS, FIRST WORLD WAR. Surnames: Don to Drzewiecki. Microform Sequence 29; Volume Number 31829_B016738. Reference RG150, 1992-93/314, 173. Page 855 of 1076. -
Newspaper clipping
From the Daily Colonist of September 21, 1916. Image taken from web address of https://archive.org/details/dailycolonist58y244uvic/page/n8/mode/1up?view=theater.
Digital gallery of
Lieutenant Percy William Drakes
Digital gallery of
Lieutenant Percy William Drakes
In the Books of Remembrance
Commemorated on:
Page 80 of the First World War Book of Remembrance.
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