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Name: DRAKE, John Harold

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Birth Date: 28 May 1880 Dover

Death Date: 20 Sep 1914 Zanzibar, killed in action on HMS Pegasus

Nationality: British

First Date: 1900

Profession: Chief Agent, Antwerp Trading Company in Mombasa in 1900, and President of Mombasa Chamber of Commerce from 1902-04.

Area: Mombasa, Molo

Married: In Blean, Whitstable 1905 Nellie Kate Daniels b. 1878 Whitstable, d. 5 Apr 1951 Amherst, Massachusetts

Children: Gladys Enid (27 May 1906 Hambledon, Surrey-1960 Bermuda); Winifred Mary Frances (Sayer) (8 Feb 1913 Whitstable-20 July 2914 Sunderland, Massachusetts)

Book Reference: Gillett, EAHB 1905, EAS, North, EAHB 1906, Gazette, EA Diary 1902, EAHB 1904

General Information:

The African Standard - 26-2-1903 - Invited to the wedding of H.R. Phelips & Miss Jacquette Edith Lambe in Mombasa (Mr & Mrs Drake) - Mrs Drake presided at the organ.
EAS - 29/1/1903 - Meeting re Police Protection or lack of it presided over by Mr J.H. Drake
North - dep. Mombasa for Europe with wife 13-6-1903
Gazette - 17/11/15 - Probate & Admin. - J.H. Drake dec'd
Gazette - 28/10/14 - Probate & Admin. - Lieut. J.H. Drake RNR who died at Zanzibar 20/9/14
Gazette - 4/11/1914 - Appt. - Mombasa Defence Force - To be Officer Commanding Marine Defence Vice Commander The Hon. R.O.B. Bridgeman who proceeded to sea - Lieutenant J.H. Drake, RNR
Gazette - played in a football match for Mombasa against HMS Terpsichore on 1/7/1902 - Linesman
Gazette - Issued with Bird Licence at Mombasa during semester ending 30/6/1902
North - Wife ill at Mombasa Jan 1905; 'The English Stores' Mombasa Dec 1905
EA Diary 1902 - Advertising as Chief Agent for the Antwerp East African Trading Company Ltd.
EAHB 1904 - Mombasa & Kilindini Residents - Drake, J.H. - Vasco da Gama Street
EAHB 1905 - Visiting Justice, Mombasa Jail
Drumkey Farmer, Molo

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