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Pte. Michael Doyle
British Army 9th Battalion Manchester Regiment
from:55 Wilbram Street, Liverpool
(d.21st March 1918)
Son of Michael and Isabella Doyle of 55 Wilbram Street, Liverpool. Husband of Lousia Doyle later Webster of 55 Louis Street, Liverpool.
had three children Michael, Peter and Isabella. Both Michael and Isabella died in childhood. He had a brother called Peter who was also in the Army in WW1 and survived the war.
Michael was killed on the 21st March 1918 in the Somme region on the first day of the German offensive called Operation Michael. His body was never found and he listed in the Pozieres Memorial Panels 64 to 67.
Lieutenant Richard Henry Doyle
Australian Imperial Force. 36th Btn.
(d.10th June 1917)
Pte. Thomas Peter Doyle
British Army 9th Btn. Royal Dublin Fusiliers
from:Dublin, Ireland
Pte. Thomas Doyle
British Army 24th (Tyneside Irish) Battalion Northumberland Fusiliers
from:Gateshead
Thomas Doyle is buried in Abbeville in France
Pte. Thomas Doyle
British Army 18th Btn. Durham Light Infantry
Pte. W. Doyle
British Army 24th (Tyneside Irish) Battalion Northumberland Fusiliers
from:Chopwell
Capt. William Joseph Gabriel Doyle
British Army att. 8th Btn. Royal Irish Fusiliers Army Chaplains Department
(d.16th Aug 1917)
William Joseph Gabriel Doyle was born on 3rd March 1873 in Dublin Ireland. He served with the 8th Battalion of the Royal Irish Fusiliers from 1915. He faced No Man's Land constantly running the gaunlet of gunfire and proved fearless.
Father Doyle celebrated his first Holy Mass in the trenches on 23rd April 1916, Easter Sunday. Father Doyle lived with the men in the trenches, he witnessed the horror of death and the mutilation of the men he called his boys, he went into No Man's Land to give The Last Rites and to bury the dead, he worked tirelessly to give comfort to the injured and dying. He stayed in the trenches to give support even during the gas attacks on the 16th Irish Division. 800 men died, nearly all from gas. In the mist of the fighting, a German shell was fired randomly at British lines. As it exploded, Father Willie was killed outright, whilst dragging a wounded man away from danger. The date was the 16th August 1917.
Father Doyle loved his men, he was loved by everyone in the battalion whether Catholic or Protestant. What was left of Fr Doyle's body was hastily interred without ceremony in a communal grave in the battlefield of Passchendaele.
Pte. William Doyle
British Army 1st Btn. Royal Dublin Fusiliers
William Doyle was awarded the following medals: 1914/1915 Star, British War Medal, Victory Medal, General Service medal 1918 - Clasp Iraq.
Pte. William Richard Dracott
British Army 13th Section, 2nd London Sanitary Coy. Royal Army Medical Corps
from:Fulham, London
William Dracott served with the 2nd London Sanitary Company, Royal Army Medical Corps in WW1 in France from 1914-1918. He joined up with his cousin Private Reg Martin on the same day in 1914. They both survived 4 years on the Western Front without a scratch.
Cpl. Lister Dracup
British Army 11th Btn. Cameronians (Scottish Rifles)
from:105, Hufling Lane, Burnley
(d.19th Nov 1916)
Lister Dracup served with the 11th Battalion Cameronians (Scottish Rifles) during WW1 and died on the 19th November 1916, aged 20. He is buried in Karasouli Military Cemetery, Greece. He was the son of Abraham and Sarah Dracup, of 105, Hufling Lane, Burnley.
Cpl. Lister Dracup
British Army 11th Btn. Cameronians (Scottish Rifles)
from:Burnley, Lancs.
(d.19th Nov 1916)
Lister Dracup died aged 20 and is buried in the Karasouli Military Cemetery in Greece. He was the son of Abraham and Sarah Dracup, of 105 Hufling Lane, Burnley, Lancashire.
CQMS. Miles Dracup MID.
British Army Oxfordshire & Buckinghamshire Light Infantry
Miles Dracup was my father. He spoke little about his WW1 experiences. I believe he was in the trenches in France before being transferred to Bulgaria to fight the Turks. I have no clue as to why he got an MID. He talked about running over bloated bodies to go into battle. He had a revolver which he said he took off a Turkish officer. The revolver had 5 chambers, whereas our revolvers have 6. We handed this into the police when he died. I would like to know which Battalion he was with and as much as possible about his war.
During WW2 he was with the Home Guard, where he had his old rank of Sgt.
Matron. Drage
Queen Alexandras Nursing Service No. 16 Stationary Hospital
Gnr. Charles Francis Drage
British Army 26th Siege Battery Royal Garrison Artillery
from:Rochdale
Charles Drage was my wife's grandfather. He was born in Chislehurst in Kent, he was 22 years and 201 days old when he joined up on the 5th December 1913. His occupation at the time was an indoor servant at a hotel in London. Prior to 1913 he was a reservist in the Royal Fusiliers for 2 years and 217 days he paid £3 for his discharge. On completion of WW1 he re-joined and was posted to India being a reservist until 10th May 1933.
Cpl. Alfred George Drake VC.
British Army 8th Btn. Rifle Brigade
from:London
(d.23rd Nov 1915)
Alfred George Drake served with the 8th Battalion the Rifle Brigade during WW1. He was killed in action on the 23rd November 1915, aged 22 and is buried in La Brique Military Cemetery No. 2 in Belgium. He was the son of Robert and Mary Ann Drake, of 62, Copley St., Stepney, London.
An extract from The London Gazette, No. 29447, dated 21st Jan., 1916, records the following:- For most conspicuous bravery on the night of 23rd Nov., 1915, near La Brique, France. He was one of a patrol of four which was reconnoitering towards the German lines. The patrol was discovered when close to the enemy who opened heavy fire with rifles and a machine gun, wounding the Officer and one man. The latter was carried back by the last remaining man. Corporal Drake remained with his Officer and was last seen kneeling beside him and bandaging his wounds regardless of the enemy's fire. Later a rescue party crawling near the German lines found the Officer and Corporal, the former unconscious but alive and bandaged, Corporal Drake beside him dead and riddled with bullets. He had given his own life and saved his Officer.
The officer rescued by Corporal Drake was Lieutenant Henry Tryon also of the Rifle Brigade. After Tryon recovered from his wounds he returned to his former unit and was killed in action at Flers-Courcelette on 15 September 1916. His body was not identified after the war and he is now commemorated on the Thiepval Memorial.
Pte. Arthur John Drake
British Army 1st Btn. Welsh Guards
from:Briton Ferry, Neath
(d.11th October 1918)
Sgt. Denis Timothy Drake
British Army 90th Heavy Battery Royal Garrsion Artillery
from:Ballynoe, Cork
(d.11th Jun 1917)
My Great Grand Uncle Denis Drake enlisted in Waterford on the 7th December 1903 aged 18 years. He was then sent to the Royal Garrison Artillery's No. 3 Depot at the Citadel in Plymouth, England in order to undertake his basic training.
From the 1911 census I know that Denis was serving with the RGA 90th Heavy Battery at Multan in India and had the rank of Gunner. On the 1st June 1915 Denis and the 90th Heavy Battery landed at Cape Helles in Gallipoli having departed from Nowgong in Central India. The 90th Heavy Battery served throughout the rest of the Gallipoli campaign and was under the command of the 29th Artillery Division. In January 1916 the 90th was evacuated along with the rest of the British force at Cape Helles and moved to Egypt where it was reorganised and resumed training.
In April 1916, the 90th was sent to the Western Front and came under the command of the 22nd Heavy Artillery Group. The 90th spent the rest of 1916 on the battlefield of the Somme and was heavily engaged at times during that battle. In early 1917, Denis and the 90th were moved to Flanders and came under the orders of the 2nd New Zealand and Australian Army Corps.
In June 1917 the British Army launched the "Battle of Messines" at Ypres. The intention of this battle was to capture a ridge of high ground running southwards from Ypres. This was required before a larger offensive could be undertaken aimed at breaking out of the Ypres area and recapturing the Belgian coast. The British attack involved a heavy artillery bombardment of enemy positions and the detonation of 19 enormous mines below key German strong points. This attack was a success and the Ridge was gained. However once the German's recovered from the initial shock they launched Heavy Artillery down on the newly won ground and on the British Artillery behind it. It was in one of these artillery attacks on the 11th June 1917 that Sergeant Denis Drake was killed aged 32 years.
According to the war diary for the 90th Heavy Battery, during the initial British attack at Messines the 90th Battery's job was "Counter Battery work" - that is firing to destroy or neutralise enemy artillery. During this work the Germans responded by "the battery and vicinity was shelled by asphyxiating gas shell from dusk to dawn", but the gunners toiled away throughout this wearing gas masks. The entry in the War Diary for the 11th June 1917 states that an enemy gun fired several high explosive shells into the battery's position at about 1600 hrs and "Sgt Drake was severely wounded and died in a few minutes". Three other men were also badly wounded, one dying in Hospital later in the day.
Sergeant Denis Drake is buried at Saint Quentin Cabaret Military Cemetery in Belgium.
Sgt.Maj. John Drake MID
Royal Flying Corps Motor Mechanic 83 Sqd.
from:3 Powis Sq., Nottinghill, London W11
My father told me that his father was in charge of engineering (Warrant Officer/Regimental Sergeant Major).
John Drake was Mentioned in Dispatches and worked as a mechanic on Le Rhone engines.
Pte. Peter L. Drake
Canadian Expeditionary Forces 28th Btn. (Saskatchewan Regiment)
from:Ontario, Canada
(d.10th October 1918)
Peter Drake died on 10th October 1918 and is buried in the Niagara Cemetery in France. He enlisted on 18/02/1916 and was the son of Peter Montrose and Elizabeth Ann Cowell Drake of Dunn Township, Haldimand County, Ontario, Canada
L/Cpl. Robert John Drake
British Army 14th (1st Birmingham) Btn. Royal Warwickshire Regiment
(d.26th October 1917)
Robert Drake, son of Walter and Rebecca Drake of 63 Corn Street, Witney, lived in Eaton Socon. He served with the 14th (1st Birmingham) Battalion, Royal Warwickshire Regiment and was killed in action on 26th of October 1917 age 24 years near Ypres. He has no known grave and is remembered on the Tyne Cot Memorial. He is also remembered on the grave of his parents in Eaton Socon churchyard, Cambridgeshire. A pupil of Bedford Modern School 1906-10, he is commemorated on the School War Memorial, which was unveiled in 1923 and in the Roll of Honour, published in The Eagle, December 1923. Information courtesy of www.roll-of-honour.com.
Pte. Robert Sidney Drake MM.
British Army 35th Btn. Machine Gun Corps
from:Eastry, Kent
My Grandfather Robert Drake was awarded the Military Medal. The award was posted in the London Gazette Supplement dated 14th May 1919. Individual citations for the award of the Military Medal during WW1 are no longer available.
Pte. Henry Drakesmith
British Army 7th Btn. Durham Light Infantry
from:Ryhope
(d.26th May 1915)
Pte James Drane
British Army 5th Battalion Lincolnshire Regiment
Sjt. R. Drane
Army 18th Btn. Durham Light Infantry
Gnr. Albert Dransfield
British Army 107th Brigade, B Bty. Royal Field Artillery
from:Delph, Lancs
(d.1st May 1918)
Albert Dransfield is my great uncle on my mother's side. The family was originally from Saddleworth, Yorkshire. Albert served in B Battery, 107th Brigade, Royal Field Artillery. He was 20 when he died of wounds on 1st of May 1918. He is buried in the Boulogne Eastern Cemetery. I intend visiting his grave in 2020. Albert's family emigrated to New Zealand soon after World War One. I hold Albert's "Dead Man's Penny" but do not know the whereabouts of his medals.
I have researched in detail my paternal grandfather's, George Victor Lynex, NZ Rifle Brigade World War One service and have twice visited Europe (from New Zealand) to follow in his footsteps. My wife's great uncle, Percy Feierabend served with 2nd Battalion, Auckland Regiment NZEF was killed on 13th of April 1918 and is buried in the Hedauville Communal Cemetery. Like Albert, Percy was killed during the German Spring Offensive of March-April 1918. My wife and I have visited his grave twice in recent years.
Pte. John Henry Dransfield
British Army 7th Btn. York and Lancaster Regiment
from:Holland Common
(d.22nd April 1918)
John Henry Dransfield was killed at Forceville in France during hostile shelling by 105mm guns. This started at 11.00 am on 22nd April 1918 and John Henry was one of two soldiers of the 7th battalion to lose his life. John is buried in Forceville Communal Cemetery in plot 4, row B, grave 4.
He also lost his cousin, Bruce Vernon Dransfield who died on 10th July 1916. He was with the 1/5th Btn. Yorks and Lancs, service number 5/3401. He is buried in St Peters Cemetery in Hoyland Nether.
These two brave men were the cousins of my grandma who was then called Elizabeth Dransfield. Elizabeth married Harry Cassell who also served in WWI with the 4th Yorks and Lancs and was injured during 1915. His service number was 5/1890.
During WWI eleven of my extended family served, of whom seven survived and four were killed.
Pte. Alfred Draper
British Army 2/8th Btn. Lancashire Fusiliers
from:Trafford Park. Manchester
(d.18th November 1917)
Alfred Draper was born 1890/91 in Newton Heath, Manchester to James and Emma Draper. He Married Annie Taylor in Nov 1912, in Stretford Manchester and lived In Trafford Park. He was employed as a moulder.
He joined up, and was with C Company, 2/8th Battalio, Lancashire Fusiliers. They were 197th Brigade, 66th Division (known as the Clickety clicks). Alfred died of wounds received 18th of November 1917, and has a grave at the Cemetery at Lijssenthoek.(27AA9A).
My link is only via his widow marrying again, but his sacrifice is as great as anyone elses. RIP Alfred.
Cpl. Charles Frederick Draper
British Army 9th Btn Rifle Brigade
from:Merstone, Isle of Wight
(d.1st July 1916)
Born at Arreton, Isle of Wight on 20th August 1889, Charles Frederick Draper was the youngest of the eight children of William and Emily Draper. His father was an agricultural labourer and later road foreman for the local District Council. Charley presumably excelled at school, because he left his agricultural roots and the Isle of Wight behind him and became a solicitor’s clerk. The 1911 census finds him as a law clerk in lodgings at Shepton Mallet.
Charley enlisted in the 9th Battalion, The Rifle Brigade at Winchester on 22nd May 1915, aged 25 years and 8 months. Like the rest of his family, he was short in stature, standing 5’ 5†tall and his enlistment papers state that he had scars on both groins from a previous hernia operation. Where he spent his early months in the army I do not know, but he embarked for France on 6th April 1916 and on 12th April he was transferred to a Machine Gun Depot and arrived at Étaples on 17th of the month.
He joined his battalion in the field on 20th May and was wounded in action on 27th June. According to the medical report he suffered shell wounds to his arm, leg, abdomen and chest. He died on 1st July 1916 and was interred in the Communal Cemetery at Habareq. He is also commemorated on his parents grave stone at Gore Cemetery, Arreton. Charley never married. He left a school atlas, published in 1913, in which he, or a member of the family, traced the progress of the war by underlining key locations. It remains a treasured family possession.
Spr. Charles Gilbert Draper
British Army 61st Field Coy Royal Engineers
from:Ventnor, Isle of Wight
(d.18 August 1916)
Pte. Frank Draper
British Army 1st Btn. Lincolnshire Regiment
from:Grimsby
(d.11th Nov 1919)
Frank Draper died after the war. He joined up on 13 August 1919 aged 17yrs and 255 days 5ft 3 and 108 Lbs (he was small. He was posted to 2nd Btn Lincolns 22 Feb 1915 and was wounded in Action 12 March 1915, returning to the UK for convalescence.
He returned to France on 6 July 2015 and joined 1st Btn Lincolns He was again wounded in action on 18/05/16 and spent 8 days sick before re-joining his Unit. He was Gassed on or around 15/16 July 1916 and was sent back to the UK on the HS St Denis on 29th July 1916. He was discharged from Service on 29/09/2016 and attended medical boards reviewing his condition. 07/02/17, 16/08/17, 27/02/18 the last one being 22/01/19. His pension Chelsea No 64594 for dated 22/Nov/1919 showed he died 11/11/19, 1 year after the end of WW1.
Frank is not on any memorial, but he also was a victim of WW1
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