| Surname: | Drake |
| Initials: | G W |
| Rank: | Lance Corporal |
| Army Number: | 1035487 |
| Notes: | CMP. 21/4/1919 he enlisted in the Royal Artillery (Field, Coast & AA), occupation Farm Carter, born Hadlew, Tonbridge, Kent, father, Robert, Stone Street, Forge, Nr Sevenoaks Kent. 1/7/1940 transferred to CMP. Casualty List, 561, Missing, Crete, 2/6/41. Casualty List 610. Crete, POW (previously reported missing), previously shown on List 561 as missing, 2/6/41. Casualty Lists 1287, Previously reported POW in German hands now repatriated, previous list 610 Crete. Discharged 22/2/44. Shown as POW- repatriated to Y List 25/10/43 in Discharge book 4). Not listed in Prisoners of War, British Army 1939-1945. George William Drake. Extract from the Yorkshire Post and Leeds Intelligencer, 27/10/43. Corporal George William Drake (41), Corps of Military Police of Moorland Road, Old Goole. Taken prisoner in Crete. |