Private George William Draper
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1882
Date of Death
28 Mar 1918
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Pte George William Draper, 82855, 3rd Battalion Machine Gun Corps, was killed in action in France on March 28th, 1918. He was aged 35 and married with one child.
He had joined the Bedfordshire Regiment (8373) on October 27th, 1916, and was trained at Halton. He first got to France on March 1st, 1917, and after a period of service there was transferred to the Machine Gun Corps, undergoing further training at Mansfield.
Before joining up, George was employed as a straw plait buncher at the bleaching and dyeing works of Rogers & Ashby in Dunstable Road.
He married Ada Elizabeth Eames at the Wesleyan Church in Luton on April 5th, 1907, and the couple had a son, Stanley George, born in May 1911. At the time the family were living at 11 Norton Road, Limbury.
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Author: Deejaya
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