We remember William Edward Drury

We remember William Edward Drury

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Timeline

Timeline

1897
birth Loughborough, Leicestershire United Kingdom Source:6636550 11th November 1897
1900
sibling Eva Drury Source:6636550 25th December 1900
1915
enlistment Loughborough, Leicestershire United Kingdom Source:6636550 25th June 1915
1915
service British Army Lance Corporal 3546 Leicestershire Regiment 2/5th Battalion Source:6636550 June 1915 - January 1918
1915
service British Army Lance Corporal 3546 Leicestershire Regiment 2/5th Battallion Source:6636550 June 1915 - January 1918
1916
events Easter Rising and Service in Ireland Service Dublin Ireland Source:6636520 16th April 1916 - 6th January 1917
1917
theatres France & Belgium: 1a Source:6636520 24th February 1917 - March 1919
1918
service British Army Lance Corporal 241249 Leicestershire Regiment 11th Pioneer Battalion Source:6636550 January 1918 - April 1919
1918
service British Army Private 241249 Leicestershire Regiment 11th Pioneer Battalion Source:6636550 March 1918 - April 1919
1919
discharge Source:6636520 April 1919
1919
discharge Source:6636550 April 1919
1930
marriage May Fowler Source:6636550 12th July 1930
1933
employment Elerctrician Courtaulds Spondon, Derbyshire United Kingdom Source:6636520 1933 - 22nd May 1964
children Jean drury Source:6636550
children June Drury Source:6636550
children Mavis Drury Source:6636550
children Sheila Drury Source:6636550
employment Apprentice Brush Loughborough, Leicestershire United Kingdom Source:6636520
1988
death Not War Related Basford, Nottinghamshire United Kingdom Source:6636550 23rd December 1988

Details

Details

Names
TypeName
First Names William Edward
Initials WE
Last Name Drury
Source 6636520
Gender
GenderSource
Male
Contribution

Military Service

Military Service
ServiceNumberUnitSectionRankSource
British Army 3546 Leicestershire Regiment 2/5th Battalion Lance Corporal
British Army 241249 Leicestershire Regiment 11th Pioneer Battalion Private
British Army 3546 Leicestershire Regiment 2/5th Battallion Lance Corporal
British Army 241249 Leicestershire Regiment 11th Pioneer Battalion Lance Corporal
Awards
AwardTypeSource
British War Medal First World War Campaign/Service Medal
Victory Medal First World War Campaign/Service Medal
Family
Children
NameRelationshipDatesSource
Mavis Drury daughter
June Drury daughter
Jean drury daughter
Sheila Drury daughter
Parents
NameRelationshipDatesSource
Lucy Warren mother
Tom Drury father
Siblings
NameRelationshipDatesSource
Eva Drury sister 25th December 1900
Spouse
NameRelationshipDatesSource
May Fowler wife 12th July 1930

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1911 England, Wales & Scotland Census Transcription Kevin36928
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England & Wales births 1837-2006 Transcription Kevin36928
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England & Wales marriages 1837-2008 Transcription Kevin36928

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William Drury and the Leicestershire Regiment Kevin36928
William Edward Drury Kevin36928

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Bill Drury, 1919 Kevin36928

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