Lance Sergeant William Edwin(commonwealth war graves show edward) Drinkwater

Army Number: 16806

Battalion: 12th Battalion Sherwood Foresters (Notts & Derbys) Regiment.

born and lived a Mansfield, Nottinghamshire, Son of Levi and elizabeth Drinkwater, of 37 union street, Mansfield. He was a railwat labororer prior to enlisting ast Mansfield, Nottinghamshire, He went to France 29th March 1915 and was killed in action when serving in the trenches near Vrely, France., 29th March 1918.

Commemorated : Pozieres Memorial, France. Panel 52 to 54.

He is also commemorated on the Mansfield offices war memorial, Mansfield.