Drakeford David Goode Private 4457698 - Revision history

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	\|Decorations=None yet known beyond Service Awards.		\|Decorations=None yet known beyond Service Awards.
	\|Date of birth=Born June 1919 - Willesden, London.		\|Date of birth=Born June 1919 - Willesden, London.
	\|Age at the time of his death=~~Not yet known~~.		\|Age at the time of his death=20 years old.
	\|Unit=Enlisted in The Durham Light Infantry - date not yet known.		\|Unit=Enlisted in The Durham Light Infantry - date not yet known, but his Number suggests Summer 1939.
	\|Company/Battery=Not yet ascertained.		\|Company/Battery=Not yet ascertained.
	\|Platoon or other sub-unit=Not yet confirmed.		\|Platoon or other sub-unit=Not yet confirmed.

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Created page with "{{personnel |Surname and forenames=Drakeford David Goode |Army number=4457698 |Rank=Private. |Decorations=None yet known beyond Service Awards. |Date of birth=Born June 1919 - Willesden, London. |Age at the time of his death=Not yet known. |Unit=Enlisted in The Durham Light Infantry - date not yet known. |Company/Battery=Not yet ascertained. |Platoon or other sub-unit=Not yet confirmed. |Task or role=Not yet known. |Joined Brigade=Not yet confirmed. |Promotions=None know..."

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{{personnel
|Surname and forenames=Drakeford David Goode
|Army number=4457698
|Rank=Private.
|Decorations=None yet known beyond Service Awards.
|Date of birth=Born June 1919 - Willesden, London.
|Age at the time of his death=Not yet known.
|Unit=Enlisted in The Durham Light Infantry - date not yet known.
|Company/Battery=Not yet ascertained.
|Platoon or other sub-unit=Not yet confirmed.
|Task or role=Not yet known.
|Joined Brigade=Not yet confirmed.
|Promotions=None known as yet.
|Wounded=Not as far as is known.
|Prisoner of War=Not as far as is known.
|Died/Killed in action=Date of death 26/12/1939. Probate granted 4/3/1940. Buried Willesden New Cemetery.
|Home address=Father - Edward Percy Goode Drakeford (1877 - 1946). Mother - Edith Cosier (1879 - 1958). Lived at 67, St Gabriel's Road, Brondesbury, London NW3.
}}

← Older revision		Revision as of 16:07, 9 October 2026
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	\|Date of birth=Born June 1919 - Willesden, London.		\|Date of birth=Born June 1919 - Willesden, London.
	\|Age at the time of his death=20 years old.		\|Age at the time of his death=20 years old.
	\|Unit=Enlisted in The Durham Light Infantry - date not yet known, but his Number suggests Summer 1939.		\|Unit=Enlisted in The Durham Light Infantry - date not yet known, but his Number suggests Summer 1939. Posted to the Infantry Training Centre, Brancepeth for Basic Training.
	\|Company/Battery=Not yet ascertained.		\|Company/Battery=Not yet ascertained. It would appear that Private Drakeford died before he could be posted to a Battalion.
	\|Platoon or other sub-unit=Not yet confirmed.		\|Platoon or other sub-unit=Not yet confirmed.
	\|Task or role=~~Not yet known~~.		\|Task or role=Trainee infantryman.
	\|Joined Brigade=Not yet confirmed.		\|Joined Brigade=Not yet confirmed - unlikely to have been posted to a Unit by the time of his death.
	\|Promotions=None known ~~as yet~~.		\|Promotions=None known.
	\|Wounded=Not as far as is known.		\|Wounded=Not as far as is known. Cause of his death not yet researched.
	\|Prisoner of War=Not as far as is known.		\|Prisoner of War=Not as far as is known.
	\|Died/Killed in action=Date of death 26/12/1939. Probate granted 4/3/1940. Buried Willesden New Cemetery.		\|Died/Killed in action=Date of death 26/12/1939. Probate granted 4/3/1940. Buried Willesden New Cemetery, Section A, Grave 531. There is no headstone inscription.
	\|Home address=Father - Edward Percy Goode Drakeford (1877 - 1946). Mother - Edith Cosier (1879 - 1958). Lived at 67, St Gabriel's Road, Brondesbury, London NW3.		\|Home address=Father - Edward Percy Goode Drakeford (1877 - 1946). Mother - Edith Cosier (1879 - 1958). Lived at 67, St Gabriel's Road, Brondesbury, London NW3.
	}}		}}


			Private Drakeford's brother - 2nd Lt Drakeford (SSVC) - died in the evacuation of Singapore in 1942 - being left for dead on the launch "ELIZABETH" after an attack by a Japanese Destroyer in the Banka Straits.