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Company Serjeant Major JOHN DRAYSON

Service Number: 1491
Regiment & Unit/Ship

Northumberland Fusiliers

1st Bn.

Date of Death

Died 16 June 1918

Age 29 years old

Buried or commemorated at

SANDPITS BRITISH CEMETERY, FOUQUEREUIL

II. H. 7.

France

Commonwealth War Graves Commission - Headstone Placeholder
  • Country of Service United Kingdom
  • Awards Military Cross
  • Additional Info Son of the late William Drayson, of Margate; husband of Laura Drayson, of 77, Princes St., Southend-on-Sea, Essex.
  • Personal Inscription BE THOU FAITHFUL UNTO DEATH AND I WILL GIVE THEE A CROWN OF LIFE
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Buried or commemorated at

SANDPITS BRITISH CEMETERY, FOUQUEREUIL
Pas de Calais France
Number of casualties: 394
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