BORN HULL 1899. SON OF WALTER DREWERY (1865-1940) & BEATRICE HANNAH DREWERY, OF 29, WALTON STREET, HULL (WAR PENSION ADDRESS). SON OF A HOUSE PAINTER.
HE ENLISTED IN HULL. FORMERLY, TROOPER, 21744, EAST RIDING YEOMANRY. TRANSFERRED TO THE 2/4TH KING’S OWN YORKSHIRE LIGHT INFANTRY. KILLED IN ACTION, ON 20/07/1918, AGED 19.
HIS BROTHER, 2/LT, GEORGE DREWERY, EYR, WAS KILLED ON 22/03/1918 & LIVED AT PARK AVENUE, HULL.
HIS OTHER BROTHER, CORPORAL ARTHUR STANLEY DREWERY, 2/4TH EYR, DIED OF FLU, IN HESSLE, ON 01/03/1919.
First name:
WALTER GORDON
Military Number:
21744 / 36940
Rank:
Lance Corporal
Date Died
20/07/1918
Place died:
Bouilly Cross Roads Military Cemetery, Marne, France
Age:
19
