Lewis Edwards Drake

Rank:

Private

Regimental number:

772451

Unit at enlistment:

125th Battalion

Force:

C.E.F.

Volunteered or conscripted:

Volunteered

Survived the war:

Date of death:

September 27th, 1918

Cemetery:

Quarry Wood Cemetery - Pas de Calais, France - III.A.29.

Birth country:

England

Birth county:

West Yorkshire

Birth city:

Gomersal

Address at enlistment:

Walnut Street, Paris, Ontario

Next of kin address:

Walnut Street, Paris, Ontario

Trade or calling:

Dyer

Religious denominations:

Church of England

Marital status:

Married

Age at enlistment:

Letters and documents

Circumstances of service: Killed

Circumstances of Casualty: Killed in Action. During the first stages of an attack in the vicinity of Bourlon, he was instantly killed by enemy shell fire.