Basic Details
Surname
Drake
Forenames
Walter
Gender
Male
Information stated on memorial
Served or died
Died
Service number
79138
Notes
The memorial states he worked at Sowerby Bridge as a Porter and, according to Hornshaw and Fowler, he also worked as a billiard marker. They say he enlisted in August 1914 and was killed by shellfire but could not find him on any other Calderdale Memorial.
Primary Service
As stated on memorial
Service (Primary - Stated)
Army
Unit (Primary - Stated)
Royal Field Artillery
Sub-unit (Primary - Stated)
95th Brigade
Our References
Service (Primary - Our reference)
Unit (Primary - Our reference)
Rank / Title (Primary - Our reference)
Death and Burial details
Country of death
France
Country of burial
France
Town of burial
Ribemont
Cemetery
Communal Cemetery Extension
Year of death
1918
Month of death
April
Day of death
5
Age at death
25
Manner of death reference
Killed in Action