This name is on the Stockwell War Memorial, London SW9 G. D. T. Drewery (George Daniel Talbot Drewery) (Drewery, George Daniel Talbot) Service no L/5032 Officer's Steward 2nd Class, Royal Navy, H.M.S. "Partridge" Died age 21 on 12 December 1917 Son of George Talbot Drewery and Louisa Emma Drewery, of 25 Lansdowne Road Remembered at Portsmouth Naval Memorial and at Stockwell War Memorial, London SW9 The Partridge was sunk by four German destroyers in the North Sea while escorting a convoy. 74 men were lost. See naval-history.net for a list of casualties. Information from the 1911 Census In 1911 George Drewery, then a 15-year-old office boy, was living with his aunt Mary Ann Elizabeth White, 53, and uncle Robert White, 53, and their family at 62 Landor Road. Robert White was a housepainter born in Hackney. His wife was born in Lambeth. Their children, George Drewery's cousins, all born in Clapham, were Sydney Cope White, 26, a "warehouseman in ribbons" Louis Sherley White, 25, a dental mechanic Ella Annie White, 22, a fancy goods designer Blanche Ethel White, 20, a shorthand typist |
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 THESE WERE OUR SONS: Stories from Stockwell War Memorial by Naomi Lourie Klein. Every name is listed, with biographies for all those identified. The introduction gives an overview and the story of how the memorial was erected. £3 from every copy sale goes directly to the Friends of Stockwell War Memorial and Gardens Available from www.elefantbooks.com. £8.99 plus £2.75 p&p Special deals for SW8 and SW9 residents ♦ Charles Parker - family man and engineer ♦ The four Rance brothers ♦ Triple tragedy: the Desaleux brothers ♦ Samuel Levy's wife ♦ Frank Mason, 16, the youngest ♦ Cecil Philcox - Military Cross winner ♦ Chris Dartnell - shell shocked ♦ Cecil Philcox - killed in training ♦ Harold J. Hill - a riddle solved ♦ Harry Albert Nixon - syphilis treatment and conduct charges |
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