George Drewry
Template:Short description Template:Use dmy dates Script error: No such module "Infobox".Template:Template otherScript error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". George Leslie Drewry Template:Post nominals (3 November 1894 – 2 August 1918) was an English recipient of the Victoria Cross, the highest and most prestigious award for gallantry in the face of the enemy that can be awarded to British and Commonwealth forces.
Drewry was born on 3 November 1894 to Thomas and Mary Drewry.[1] He joined the Naval Reserve in 1913, and was called up for service at the start of World War I.[2]
As a 20-year-old midshipman in the Royal Naval Reserve during the First World War, he was awarded the Victoria Cross for his actions on 25 April 1915 at V Beach in the Landing at Cape Helles, during the Gallipoli campaign.[3]
He later achieved the rank of lieutenant and was killed in an accident at Scapa Flow, Orkney Islands, on 2 August 1918.[4][5]
Since 27 November 2025, his Victoria Cross has been displayed at Merchant Taylors' School, his old school, after 29 years at the IWM.[7]
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Assisted Commander Unwin at the work of securing the lighters under heavy rifle and maxim fire. He was wounded in the head, but continued his work and twice subsequently attempted to swim from lighter to lighter with a line.
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References
- Monuments to Courage (David Harvey, 1999)
- The Register of the Victoria Cross (This England, 1997)
- Scotland's Forgotten Valour (Graham Ross, 1995)
- VCs of the First World War: Gallipoli (Stephen Snelling, 1995)
- VCs of the First World War: The Naval VCs (Stephen Snelling, 2002)
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External links
- Location of grave and VC medal (E. London)
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- 1894 births
- 1918 deaths
- Military personnel from the London Borough of Newham
- British Gallipoli campaign recipients of the Victoria Cross
- British military personnel killed in World War I
- People educated at Merchant Taylors' School, Northwood
- People from Forest Gate
- Royal Navy officers
- Royal Navy officers of World War I
- Royal Navy recipients of the Victoria Cross
- Accidental deaths in Scotland
- British Merchant Navy personnel
- Royal Naval Reserve personnel
- Burials at City of London Cemetery and Crematorium