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Alfred Drake VC

Erection date: /11/2015

Inscription

{Beneath a representation of the Victoria Cross medal:}
Corporal Alfred Drake, Rifle Brigade, 23rd November 1915.

Unveiled shortly before 1 Dec 2015, probably on 23 November 2015.

Site: Alfred Drake VC (1 memorial)

E1, Shandy Park

We are not fans of the official website for these Victoria Cross commemorative paving stones. It has confused this plaque with the one for Issy Smith, in Rope Walk Gardens, and we wasted a lot of time hunting around that area. Eventually our colleague, Alan Patient, tracked it down, here, in Shandy Park, very close to Drake's primary school, Ben Jonson School.

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