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VC599 George Leslie Drewry
BORN 3 September 1894
DIED 3 August 1918 AGE 23
VC Won 25 April 1915 AGE 20
Place VC Won V Beach, Seddul Bahr, Gallipoli, Turkey
War/Campaign First World War 1915
Name George Leslie Drewry No.
VC Issue No. 599 Awards VC
Regiment Royal Naval Reserve
Later
Now
Rank VC Won Midshipman
Rank End Of Career Lieutenant
Place Of Birth 58 Claremont Road, Forest Gate, London, England
Place Of Death Scapa Flow, Orkney Islands, Scotland
Buried/Location Ashes City of London Cemetery, Aldersbrook Road, Manor Park, London, England
Cremated
Date Buried/Cremated
Headstone Headstone (CWGC) Plot/Grave no. Square 197, Grave 90251
Gazetted 16 August 1915
VC Presented 22 November 1916 by King George V at Buckingham Palace, London, England
Memorials
P Headstone, City of London Cemetery, Manor Park
Stained glass window & plaque at All Saints Church, Forest Gate, London
P Victoria Cross Commemorative Paving Stone, Cenotaph, Central Park, East Ham, East London
By The Way…
Near the end of the war while serving on HMS William Jackson, a tackle block fell from a crane, and killed him
VC Held By
Imperial War Museum, Lambeth Road, Kennington, London, England
