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Osborne Albert Drake
Birth Date: 1900
Death Date: 03 Sep 1918
Service Branch: Army
Service Number: 48997
Story:

Osborne Albert Drake born 1900 in Norwich, the youngest son of Thomas Drake and Ann Emma (formerly Ashby). (Thomas was a horse dealer in Norwich, and Ann Emma died in 1911 aged 51.)

Osborne was a Rifleman in the 1st Battalion of the Rifle Brigade and died 3 Sep 1918 aged 18. He is buried at Ligny St Flochel British Cemetery, Averdoingt (Reference III F 17).

His Drake family line is one of many Norwich branches. Email drake@one-name.org for more information.

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