Name
William George Drury
1896
Conflict
First World War
Date of Death / Age
20/07/1916
20
Rank, Service Number & Service Details
Private
15674
Essex Regiment
10th Bn.
Awards: Service Medals/Honour Awards
1914 /15 Star, British War and Victory medals
Cemetery/Memorial: Name/Reference/Country
DELVILLE WOOD CEMETERY, LONGUEVAL
X.K.9
France
Headstone Inscription
REST IN PEACE
UK & Other Memorials
Ayot St Lawrence Memorial
Pre War
William George Drury was born 1896 in Newport, Essex, the son of Frederick and Grace Drury.
On the 1901 Census the family were living at Belmont Hill, Newport, Essex, where his father was an agricultural labour, but had moved to Westly Cottage, Saffron Walden by 1911 when William was 14 and working as a "boy on farm".
Wartime Service
He enlisted at Saffron Walden, Essex and served with the 10th Battalion, Essex Regiment.
He was killed in action on 20 July 1917 during the Battle for Delville Wood and is buried in the Delville Wood Cemetery, Longueval, France.
Additional Information
His mother, Mrs G Drury, Norfolk Cottages, Ayot St Lawrence, Welwyn, Herts. ordered his headstone inscription: "REST IN PEACE". His father received a war gratuity of £7 10s and pay owing of £9 19s. His mother received a pension of 5 shillings a week. His parents later lived at Norfolk Cottage, Ayot St Lawrence, Welwyn, Herts. She also order his headstone inscription: "Rest in Peace"
Acknowledgments
Brenda Palmer
