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Lieutenant GEORGE LESLIE DREWRY

Regiment & Unit/Ship

Royal Naval Reserve

H.M. Trawler "William Jackson."

Date of Death

Died 02 August 1918

Age 23 years old

Buried or commemorated at

CITY OF LONDON CEMETERY AND CREMATORIUM, MANOR PARK

197. 90251.

United Kingdom

Commonwealth War Graves Commission - Headstone Placeholder
  • Country of Service United Kingdom
  • Awards Victoria Cross
  • Additional Info Son of Thomas and Mary Drewry, of 58, Claremont Rd., Forest Gate.
  • Additional Citation note

    An extract from "The London Gazette," No. 29264, dated 13th Aug., 1915, records the following:- "Assisted Commander Unwin at the work of securing the lighters under heavy rifle and maxim fire. He was wounded in the head, but continued his work and twice subsequently attempted to swim from lighter to lighter with a line."

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Buried or commemorated at

CITY OF LONDON CEMETERY AND CREMATORIUM, MANOR PARK
Essex United Kingdom
Number of casualties: 749
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