Wilfred James Drew
Memorial: Coalpit Heath - St Saviour's Church
Regiment: Royal Berkshire Regiment
Medals: British War Medal, Next of Kin Memorial Plaque 1914 - 1921, Victory Medal
Rank and number: Private 50583
Parents: Samuel and Eliza Drew (nee Davies)
Home address: Haslemere, Coalpit Heath, Bristol
Date of birth: 1899
Place of birth: Lydbrook, Monmouthshire
Date of death: 26/08/1918
Buried/Commemorated at: Berlin South-Western Cemetery, Germany (Ref: XVI. C. 9)
Age: 19
Further information:
Wilfred James Drew was born in 1899 at Ross on Wye to parents Samuel and Eliza (nee Davies) of Haslemere, Coalpit Heath
Wilfred served with the 2nd Battalion of the Princess Charlotte of Wales's (Royal Berkshire Regiment) as Private 50583. He was killed on the 26th August 1918 and is buried at the Berlin South-Western Cemetery, Germany (Ref: XVI. C. 9)
Wilfred James Drew is remembered on the Frampton Cotterell Zion Church War Memorial and the Chipping Sodbury and District War Memorial Cottage Hospital Board, now at Yate and District Heritage Centre under Coalpit Heath
By kind permission, this information is based on the following source(s):
Yate and District Heritage Centre and Forces War Records