2nd Lieutenant Harold Arthur Drakeford

2^nd Lieutenant Harold A Drakeford, Somerset Light Infantry, formerly Royal Warwickshire Regiment

Killed leading his platoon in France 5 Apr 1918 aged 26

• Named on the Arras Memorial
• Awarded:1914-15 Star, British War and Victory Medals
• Enlisted 1914, commissioned 1917
• Son of Charles and Mary Ann Drakeford
• NNWFHS Memorials: Coleshill, Coleshill Grammar School

Links to Relevant Information

• CWGC page for 2^nd Lt Drakeford
• Arras Memorial
• NNWFHS Coleshill War Memorial Page
• Somerset Light Infantry

Census and Family Information

• Born March 1892 Coleshill
• A clerk, lived at 66, High Street Coleshill [1911 census]
• Engaged to be married, secretary of Coleshill Cricket Club