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358. Sgt. Drew, Nicholas George

Sergeant

Date of Birth: 11/1/1890. Swansea
Occupation: Wagon Builder (1911)
1908 Serv. No: 358
1917 Serv. No: 725035
Awards: 14/15. BWM. VIC. TFEM (May '19)

Personal Details

WORKING NOTES

Born 11/1/1890. Swansea. Parents - Philip & Charlotte

1890 - Bapt 5/2/1890, St Thomas, Swansea. Add-28 Delhi St. Dads occ-Plumber

1891 - 145 Seymour Terrace?, St Thomas, Swansea. 1yo. W parents

1901 - 24 ?? Terrace, Swansea. 11yo. W parents & 6 sibs

1901 - Adm St Thomas's Council School (Boys), 20/5/1901. Add-37 Kilroy Terrace. DOB 11/1/1890. Last School Danygraig Boys Sch

1911 - 7 Foxhole Rd, Swansea. 21yo. Occ-Wagon Builder. W widowed mother, 4 younger sibs and 2 boarders

1915 - Married Mary Ellen Fagan, 11 July 1915, All Saints, Kilvey. Add-7 Foxhole Rd, Swansea. Occ-Wagon Builder. Dad-Philip Philip Drew, Plumber

1921 - 11 St Illtyd Crescent, Swansea. 30y6m. Occ-Railway Wagon Repairer, Lincoln Eagon & Enginer Co Ltd, Eastern Dock. W Mary Ellen

1932 - Died Aged 42, 26 Sep 1932 at Swansea Hospital, Add-11 Illtyd Crescent, Swansea. Effects to widow

- Killed whilst working as a carpenter at the Prince of Wales Dock by a falling heavy plank

South Wales Evening Post, 29/9/1932 (Newspapers.com)

Address:
7 Foxhole Rd
Swansea (CENS)

Military Service

No SR

Enl bet Aug 08 and Jan 09, likely Swansea, so likely 1st Bty

Ball committee, Jan 1913 & 14 as Cpl

In Oct 1914 photo of 1st Glam Bty as Cpl

South Wales Evening Post, 7/10/1914 (Newspapers.com)

In 1915 photo of NCOs as Sgt

France 21/22 Nov 1915 as Sgt

Likely Egypt, may have been demoted, Sgt crossed out in roll and replaced w a/Cpl

South Wales Evening Post, 7/10/1914 (Newspapers.om)

Date Entered Theatre (MIC): 22/11/1915
First Theatre (MIC): (1) France
Sources: (ROLL)(MIC)(TFEM)

Explanation Of Abbreviations

Awards

  • 14/15 – 1914/15 Star
  • BWM – British War Medal
  • VIC – Victory Medal
  • SWB – Silver War Badge
  • TFEM – Territorial Force (1908-1921)
  • TEM – Territorial Efficiency Medal (1921-1930)
  • TFWM – Territorial Force War Medal

Gallantry

  • MID – Mention In Dispatches
  • LG – London Gazette
  • MM – Military Medal
  • DCM – Distinguished Conduct Medal

Sources

  • ROLL – Medal Roll for British War Medal and Victory Medal (Ancestry.co.uk)
  • MIC – Medal Index Cards (Ancestry.co.uk)
  • SR – Service Record (Ancestry.co.uk)
  • SR-F – Service Record (FindMyPast.co.uk)
  • SR-NA – Service Record (National Archives) – officers
  • COMM – Commission letters (National Library of Wales)
  • SWB – Silver War Badge Records (Ancestry.co.uk)
  • PENS – Pension Records (Western Front Association/Fold3)
  • CWGC – Commonwealth War Grave Commission
  • RAA – Royal Artillery Attestations 1883 -1942 (FindMyPast.co.uk)
  • NEWS – Newspapers
  • CENS – Census Records (Ancestry.co.uk & FindMyPast.co.uk)
  • BFB – Briton Ferry Boys at the Front Fund Committee Records (swansea.gov.uk)
  • FAM – Family Records
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