Sergeant William Henry Drabble

Army Number: 305127 (formerly 1433)

Battalion: 1/8th Battalion Sherwood Foresters (Notts & Derbys) Regiment.

Born at Southwell, Nottinghamshire. Son of William and Alice Drabble, of Easthorpe, Southwell. He was a Grocers Apprentice at Bridge Place, Worksop, Nottinghamshire prior to enlisting at Southwell. He went to France 2nd March 1915 and was killed in action, 4th October 1917, age 22, whilst serving in the line near Hill 70, Mazingarbe, France.

Buried: Philosophe British Cemetery, Mazingarbe, France. Plot 2. Row U. Grave 5.

Sergeant William Henry Drabble is also commemorated on the following local memorials:-
Southwell Minster Parishioners War Memorial, Southwell, Nottinghamshire.
Southwell Wesleyan Church War Memorial, Southwell, Nottinghamshire.
St. Anne’s Church War Memorial, Worksop, Nottinghamshire.