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VC682 Alfred George Drake
BORN 10 December 1893
DIED 23 November 1915 AGE 21
VC Won 23 November 1915 AGE 21
Place VC Won Near La Brique, Belgium
War/Campaign First World War 1915
Name Alfred George Drake No. S/107 POSTHUMOUS
VC Issue No. 682 Awards VC
Regiment Rifle Brigade (Prince Consort's Own), 8th Battalion
Later Royal Green Jackets
Now 2nd and 4th Battalions The Rifles
Rank VC Won Corporal
Rank End Of Career Corporal
Place Of Birth Capley Street, Stepney, London, England
Place Of Death Near La Brique, Belgium
Buried/Location Ashes La Brique Military Cemetery Number 2, Sint-Jan, 2 miles north-east of Ypres, Belgium
Cremated
Date Buried/Cremated
Headstone Headstone (CWGC) Plot/Grave no. Plot 1, Row C, Grave 2
Gazetted 22 January 1916
VC Presented 16 November 1916 by King George V at Buckingham Palace, London, England to his father, Robert
Memorials
P Headstone, La Brique Military Cemetery Number 2, Sint-Jan, 2 miles north-east of Ypres, Belgium
P Named on Rifle Brigade Role of Fame Memorial, Winchester Cathedral, Hampshire
Memorial at Ben Johnson London County Council School, London
By The Way…
Alfred Drake sacrificed his life to save an officer, within a year that officer was killed
VC Held By
Lord Ashcroft collection I.W.M.
