BORN HULL 1890. SON OF LYDIA BENN DRAYTON (1857-1941) & THE LATE JOHN DRAYTON (1849-1905) OF 91 THORESBY STREET, HULL HIS BROTHERS, PERCY, ARTHUR & CEDRIC DRAYTON SERVED FROM SAME ARMY RECORDS ADDRESS. HE ALSO HAD TWO SISTERS, GERTRUDE DONALDSON AND IDA GLENN. AN IRON MERCHANTS CLERK. HE ENLISTED IN HULL, ON 25/02/1916, AGED 25 YEARS AND 5 MONTHS. DESCRIBED AS 5 FOOT, 3 INCHES TALL, 31 INCH CHEST, 109 LBS WEIGHT. ARRIVED IN FRANCE, ON 26/07/1916. SERVED IN “A” COMPANY, 8TH EAST YORKSHIRE REGIMENT. KILLED IN ACTION, BOXING DAY, 1917, AGED 27. HIS ARMY EFFECTS WERE LEFT TO MRS EMMA BOLLINGHAM,OF 8 OBAN AVENUE, DE LA POLE AVENUE, HULL.
HE IS BURIED AT MORY ABBEY MILITARY CEMETERY, MORY, FRANCE
HIS GRAVE INSCRIPTION, READS, “MAN’S INHUMANITY TO MAN MAKES COUNTLESS THOUSANDS MOURN”.
Drayton, Bertram Lancelot
First name:
BERTRAM LANCELOT
Military Number:
30977
Rank:
Private
Date Died
26/12/1917
Place died:
Mory Abbey Military Cemetery, Mory, Pas de Calais, France
Age:
27
