William Charles Drake was born in 1889 in Ipswich, the grandson of Samuel Drake and Caroline (formerly Lucas). William was an unmarried Private with the Royal Lancaster Regiment serving in the Channel Islands in 1911, and was a Private with the same Regiment when he died.

William died 28 Jun 1916 aged 26 and is buried at Bertrancourt Military Cemetery (Plot 1 Row G Grave 5).

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