View source for Drake Robert 2/Lt 267293

{{Personnel
|Surname and forenames=Drake Robert
|Army number=267293
|Rank=2/Lt
|Date of birth=Not yet identified definitively.
|Age=0
|Unit=Cadet at No. 163 O.C.T.U.  Joined The Durham Light Infantry - granted an Emergency Commission as a 2/Lt 13/3/1943.  Posted 11th Bn DLI 19/3/1943 (Battalion records show him joining the Battalion on 25/3/1943).   Posted to No 4 I.T.C. Depot Company 5/4/1943.  Released 1945 as Honorary Captain.
|Company/Battery=A Company.
|Task or role=Platoon Commander.
|Joined Brigade=19-Mar-43.
|Promotions=W/S Lt 13/9/43, T/Captain 20/2/45.
|Died/Killed in action=Date of death not yet identified.
|Home address=No family information as yet.
|Source table=11DLI
}}


The common nature of the name has rendered genealogical research inconclusive.