Sergeant George William Drake

Army Number: 104106 formerlt 14200 Duke of Wellingtons (West Riding

Regiment)

Battalion: 2nd Battalion Sherwood Foresters (Notts & Derbys) Regiment.

Born and lived at Ackworth Son of Thomas and Annie Myra Drake, of Rices Yard, Ackworth, Pontefract.He was a grocer prior to enlisting at Leeds 18th October 1914 promoted Corporal 3rd February 1915 and Sergeant 14th February 1916. He went o France 19th March 1918. He was transferred to the 2nd Battalion Sherwood Foresters (Notts & Derbys) Regiment 23rd March 1918. He died of wounds 9th October 1918, aged 27.at12 casualty clearing Station, Tincourt.

Buried: Tincourt New British Cemetery, France. Plot 7. Row A. Grave 22.

He is also commemorated on the Ackworth war Memorial.