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
Photographer: Glenn Hearnden
Photographer: Glenn Hearnden
- 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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