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Guardsman CHARLES LESLIE DRAKES

Service Number: 2654176
Regiment & Unit/Ship

Coldstream Guards

3rd Bn.

Date of Death

Died 27 July 1944

Age 34 years old

Buried or commemorated at

FLORENCE WAR CEMETERY

V. B. 13.

Italy

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  • Country of Service United Kingdom
  • Additional Info Son of Charles Edward and Elizabeth Drakes; husband of Ellen Drakes, of Triangle, Yorkshire.
  • Personal Inscription IN SWEETEST REMEMBRANCE OF A VERY DEAR HUSBAND AND DADDY. REST IN ETERNAL PEACE
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Buried or commemorated at

FLORENCE WAR CEMETERY
Italy
Number of casualties: 1638
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