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John Henry Drake

In memory of:

Private John Henry Drake

September 1, 1918

Military Service

Service Number:

285553

Age:

31

Force:

Army

Unit:

Canadian Infantry (Central Ontario Regiment)

Division:

15th Bn.

Additional Information

Born:

November 29, 1886
London, United Kingdom

Enlistment:

August 16, 1916
Toronto, Ontario

Son of Alfred and Elizabeth Drake, of Limehouse, London, England.

Commemorated on Page 400 of the First World War Book of Remembrance. Request a copy of this page. Download high resolution copy of this page.

Burial Information

Cemetery:

DOMINION CEMETERY
Pas de Calais, France

Grave Reference:

I. A. 2.

Location:

Hendecourt-les-Cagnicourt is in the Department of the Pas-de-Calais, 16 kilometres south-east of Arras and 4 kilometres south of the Arras-Cambrai main road. DOMINION CEMETERY is 2.5 kilometres north-east of the village, about 545 metres from the road.

Information courtesy of the Commonwealth War Graves Commission.

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  • Badge– 15th Bn cap badge. Photo BGen G. Young 15th Battalion Memorial Project Team. DILEAS GU BRATH

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    Badge
    Badge – 15th Bn cap badge. Photo BGen G. Young 15th Battalion Memorial Project Team. DILEAS GU BRATH
  • Shoulder patch– 1st Division, 3rd Brigade shoulder patch worn by 15th Battalion (48th Highlanders of Canada). Photo BGen G. Young 15th Battalion Memorial Project Team.. DILEAS GU BRATH

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    Shoulder patch
    Shoulder patch – 1st Division, 3rd Brigade shoulder patch worn by 15th Battalion (48th Highlanders of Canada). Photo BGen G. Young 15th Battalion Memorial Project Team.. DILEAS GU BRATH
  • Badge– Cap badge of the 220th Bn which he originally joined before being sent to the 15th Bn as a reinforcement. Photo BGen Young 15th Bn Memorial Project. DILEAS GU BRATH

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    Badge
    Badge – Cap badge of the 220th Bn which he originally joined before being sent to the 15th Bn as a reinforcement. Photo BGen Young 15th Bn Memorial Project. DILEAS GU BRATH
  • Record of Service Card (Front)– Record of Service Card (front). Courtesy of 48th Highlanders of Canada Regimental Museum. Submitted by 15th Bn memorial Project Team. DILEAS GU BRATH

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    Record of Service Card (Front)
    Record of Service Card (Front) – Record of Service Card (front). Courtesy of 48th Highlanders of Canada Regimental Museum. Submitted by 15th Bn memorial Project Team. DILEAS GU BRATH
  • Record of Service Card (Reverse)– Record of Service Card (back). Courtesy of 48th Highlanders of Canada Regimental Museum. Submitted by 15th Bn memorial Project Team. DILEAS GU BRATH

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    Record of Service Card (Reverse)
    Record of Service Card (Reverse) – Record of Service Card (back). Courtesy of 48th Highlanders of Canada Regimental Museum. Submitted by 15th Bn memorial Project Team. DILEAS GU BRATH
  • Document– Pt II Orders 15th Bn dated 10/9/1918 noting fatal casualties suffered 31 Aug to 2 Sep 1918. Submitted by 15th Bn Memorial Project Team courtesy 48th Highlanders of Canada Regimental Museum. DILEAS GU BRATH

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    Document
    Document – Pt II Orders 15th Bn dated 10/9/1918 noting fatal casualties suffered 31 Aug to 2 Sep 1918. Submitted by 15th Bn Memorial Project Team courtesy 48th Highlanders of Canada Regimental Museum. DILEAS GU BRATH
  • 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 837 of 1076.

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    Circumstances of death registers
    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 837 of 1076.
  • Memorial– The 15th Battalion memorial at Hendecourt-les-Cagnicourt, France on the site of the wooded hill known during the war as ‘The Crow’s Nest’. The 15th Battalion assaulted and captured ‘The Crow’s Nest”on 01 Sept 1918 in the opening phase of the Canadian attack on the Drocourt-Queant Line. The memorial was dedicated on 26 April 2010 to those of the 15th Battalion who fell here and in the breakthrough of the D-Q line in early September 1918. DILEAS GU BRATH

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    Memorial
    Memorial – The 15th Battalion memorial at Hendecourt-les-Cagnicourt, France on the site of the wooded hill known during the war as ‘The Crow’s Nest’. The 15th Battalion assaulted and captured ‘The Crow’s Nest”on 01 Sept 1918 in the opening phase of the Canadian attack on the Drocourt-Queant Line. The memorial was dedicated on 26 April 2010 to those of the 15th Battalion who fell here and in the breakthrough of the D-Q line in early September 1918. DILEAS GU BRATH
  • Grave Marker– Photo by BGen (ret`d) G. Young, submitted by Capt (ret`d) V. Goldman 15th Bn Memorial Project. DILEAS GU BRATH

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    Grave Marker
    Grave Marker – Photo by BGen (ret`d) G. Young, submitted by Capt (ret`d) V. Goldman 15th Bn Memorial Project. DILEAS GU BRATH

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