Private James Drury

Army Number: 20669

Battalion: 1/5th Battalion Sherwood Foresters (Notts & Derbys) Regiment.

He lived at 58, Markfield Roads south Tottenham, London. Son of George and Jane Drury of 44 St Lloyd’s Road, Tottenham, London. He was a car man prior to enlisting 21std March 1916 at Derby. He went to France 12th July 1916 and was potsted to the 7th Battalion Sherwood Foresters (Notts & Derbys) Regiment. 22nd July 1916. and then to the : 1/5th Battalion Sherwood Foresters (Notts & Derbys) Regiment. 29th January 1918. he was transferred to the 65 coy. Labour corps 19th August 1918 and died from influenza and pneumonia 19th February 1919. at Edmonton special military hospital, Edmonton, London.

+Buried: Tottenham Cemetery, Middlesex, United Kingdom. Gen. 7362 (Screen Wall).