Victory Medal to Acting Corporal A. Draper, Royal Marine Light Infantry who saw service in Gallipoli before serving in France where he was taken Prisoner of War on 26 April 1917 during the fighting at Gavrelle, spending the remainder of the war in German hands.
Victory Medal (PO,347-S- A. L. CPL. A. DRAPER, R.M.L.I.)
Condition. Attempted erasure of A.L. of rank, Very Fine.
Arthur Draper was born in the parish of Woodhouse, near the twined of Highfield, Yorkshire on 31 August 1895 and was a miner at the time of his enlistment into the Royal Marines. He served in Gallipoli from 28 April 1915 and then France from 7 June 1916. He was taken prisoner by the Germans at Gavrelle on 26 April 1917 and remained in German hands until his repatriation on 28 December 1918.
