Plaque

Job Drain - Greatfields Road

Inscription

Job Drain, 1895 - 1975, awarded the Victoria Cross, Great War 1914 - 1918, lived here.
London Borough of Barking & Dagenham

Site: Job Drain - Greatfields Road (1 memorial)

IG11, Greatfields Road, 42

Our colleague Andrew Behan has done some research and found that Job H. Drain was living here with his family from about 1976 - at least 1965.

Credit for this entry to: Alan Patient of www.plaquesoflondon.co.uk

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Job Drain - Greatfields Road

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Job Drain

Soldier. Born Job Henry Charles Drain in Barking, Essex. In World War I, he w...

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Job Drain - Greatfields Road

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London Borough of Barking and Dagenham

London borough formed by the London Government Act of 1963. The constituent p...

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