BORN HULL 27/06/1890. SON OF WALTER DREWERY (1865-1940) & BEATRICE HANNAH DREWERY, OF 29 WALTON STREET, HULL (WAR PENSION ADDRESS). ONE OF SIX CHILDREN. SON OF A HOUSE PAINTER. EMPLOYED AS A BUTCHER. DESCRIBED AS 5 FOOT, 8 INCHES TALL, 33 INCH CHEST, GOOD VISION, DARK HAIR, BROWN EYES.
HE ENLISTED IN HULL ON 17/5/1909, AGED 18 YEARS AND 11 MONTHS. JOINING THE 4TH EYR TERRITORIALS. TRAINED AT CLEETHORPES, RICHMOND, HALTWHISTLE, SCARBOROUGH. RE-ENGAGED WHEN WAR BEGAN. HE ARRIVED IN FRANCE, ON 17/04/1915. WAS SLIGHTLY WOUNDED ON 15/101/1915. AT ARMENTIERS. RETURNED TO ENGLAND, WHEN TIME EXPIRED ON 16/05/1916. HE DIED OF FLU AFTER RETURNING FROM BEMUDA ON 15/02/1919.
HIS BROTHER, LANCE CORPORAL, WALTER GORDON DREWERY, 36940, KOYLI, WAS KILLED ON 20/07/1918.
