BORN HULL 1892. SON OF ARTHUR JAMES DRAPE (1865-1935) & SARAH MARGARET DIBB (1863-1925) OF THIS ADDRESS. ONE OF SIX CHILDREN. THE SON OF A RETIRED SCHOOLMASTER. HE WAS A STUDENT. HE ENLISTED IN HULL. SERVED AS SECOND LIEUTENANT IN THE ROYAL GARRISON ARTILLERY, 28TH SIEGE BATTERY. HE MARRIED DOROTHY MERLE DUNN (1895-1974) AT HULL, ON 16/02/1916. HE DIED OF WOUNDS, ON 15/07/1917, AGED 25, AT 30TH CASUALTY CLEARING STATION, FRANCE. HE LEFT £728 IN HIS WILL TO HIS WIDOW DOROTHY MERLE WADDINGTON, AND DAUGHTER, JOAN DRAPE (1916-2008).
HIS DEATH WAS REPORTED IN THE HULL DAILY MAIL, ON 15/07/1918.
First name:
NORMAN
Rank:
2nd Lieutenant
Date Died
15/07/1917
Place died:
Aubigny Communal Cemetery Extension, Pas de Calais, France
Age:
25
24 , CRANBOURNE STREET, HULL, EAST YORKSHIRE, United Kingdom
Place Buried