Lewis Edwards Drake

Rank: 
Private
Regimental number: 
772451
Unit at enlistment: 
125th Battalion
Force: 
C.E.F.
Volunteered or conscripted: 
Volunteered
Survived the war: 
No
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: 
28

Letters and documents

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.