BORN HULL 1895. SON OF FRED & SARAH DREWERY, OF THIS ADDRESS (1901 CENSUS). THE FAMILY MOVED TO 3, FAITH’S TERRACE, WALKER STREET, HULL (1911 CENSUS). HE WORKED AS A FLAX MILL LABOURER. HE HAD OLDER BROTHERS. JOE AND FRED, THREE YOUNGER BROTHERS, EDWARD, FRANK AND ROBERT AND AN ELDER SISTERS, BEATRICE AND GERTRUDE. HE ENLISTED IN THE 13TH EAST YORKSHIRE (HULL PALS). SERVED IN EGYPT. ARRIVED IN FRANCE, ON 08/03/1916. TRANSFERRED TO THE 1/4TH EAST YORKSHIRE REGIMENT. WAS KILLED IN ACTION, ON 12/09/1917, AGED 21. HE IS BURIED AT HENINEL COMMUNAL CEMETERY EXTENSION. HIS ARMY EFFECTS WERE LEFT TO HIS OTHER OLDER SISTER, BEATRICE DREWERY, OF CAMPBELL STREET, HULL (CWGC ADDRESS).
First name:
HARRY
Regiment:
Military Number:
13/1363
Rank:
Private
Date Died
12/09/1917
Place died:
Heninel Communal Cemetery Extension, Pas de Calais, France
Age:
21
