BORN HULL 1886. SON OF WILLIAM CAREY DRAX (185-1936) AND HARRIET ANSON (1863-1916), OF 61, BRIDLINGTON STREET, HULL. HE MARRIED AT ALL SAINTS CHURCH, HULL, ON 09/06/1906. HUSBAND OF HELEN (ELLEN) LOUISA KEECH (1884-1970), OF 22, ELM STREET, HULL (1911 CENSUS) & 66, RYDE STREET, HULL (WAR PENSION AND ARMY ADDRESS). THEIR DAUGHTER, FREDA WAS BORN ON 19/12/1906. HE WAS A STOCK BROKER’S CLERK AND BOOK KEEPER.
HE ENLISTED AT HULL, ON 11/12/1915, AGED 29 YEARS AND 11 MONTHS. DESCRIBED AS 5 FOOT, 7 INCHES TALL, 35 INCH CHEST, 127 LBS WEIGH, CHURCH OF ENGLAND RELIGION. SERVED AS A GUNNER, IN THE ROYAL GARRISON ARTILLERY. SENT TO FRANCE, ON 10/07/1916. DIED OF WOUNDS, ON 10/07/1918, AGED 32. (GUNSHOT WOUNDS TO THE HEAD, JAW, THIGH & RIGHT LEG SHATTERED)
HIS DEATH WAS REPORTED IN THE HULL DAILY MAIL, ON 18/0719/18. HE IS BURIED AT HAGLE DUMP CEMETERY, 4 MILES WEST OF YPRES.
HE LEFT BROTHERS, SIDNEY AND JOHN DRAX, AND SISTERS, LILY WILKINSON, AND MARY JANE HECKFORD, WHO LIVED AT FARRINGTON STREET AND FENCHURCH STREET, HULL..
