Lt. Col. Samuel Drury | Maurice William Drury RE & Pte. Edward Cyril Drury
Mess dress miniature medals and explanatory note.
Copy of 1918 letter from General Gorringe to the men of the 47th Division.
Copy of embodiment form.
Samuel Drury joined the Royal Engineers as an enlisted sapper on 4th September 1914. He served on the Western Front throughout the Great War and on the Home Front during WWII. He ended his military career as a Lieutenant Colonel. In civvy street he was a history teacher.
Edward Cyril Drury enlisted underage, as he was under the age of 18. He ran away from home and joined the Army. He died aged 18 years and 3 months, again underage, as soldiers should have been 19 before being posted to the Western Front. (Although soldiers could enlist at 18, they had to remain in the UK until they were 19).
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David Craigen
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Europeana 1914-1918
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