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Son of Elizabeth Drakes, of The Manor House, Gringley, Doncaster, England.
Military Medal
Digital gallery of Lieutenant Percy William Drakes
Digital gallery of
Lieutenant Percy William Drakes
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.
Digital gallery of
Lieutenant Percy William Drakes
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.
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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.
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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.
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Page 80 of the First World War Book of Remembrance.
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CONTAY BRITISH CEMETERY Somme, France
Contay is a village in the Department of the Somme on the main road, Amiens to Arras. The CONTAY BRITISH CEMETERY lies on the left (north east) side of the road to Franvillers. There are no access problems. There is a CWGC road sign next to the church and square of the village and next to the D23, Franvillers - Corbie, sign. The distance from the CWGC sign to the Cemetery is approximately 650 metres.
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