Norman Cecil Drury

Rank:

Private

Regimental number:

772602

Unit at enlistment:

125th Battalion

Force:

C.E.F.

Volunteered or conscripted:

Volunteered

Survived the war:

Yes

Wounded:

Yes

Cemetery:

Farringdon Cemetery, Brantford, Ontario

Commemorated at:

Calvary Baptist Church

Birth country:

Canada

Birth county:

Brant

Birth city:

Brantford, Ontario

Address at enlistment:

34 Edward Street, Brantford, Ontario

Next of kin address:

34 Edward Street, Brantford, Ontario

Trade or calling:

Drill hand

Religious denominations:

Baptist

Marital status:

Single

Age at enlistment:

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Letters and documents

BX August 21, 1918

“Private Norman Cecil Drury, infantry, officially reported admitted to 2nd Convalescent Depot, Rouen Aug. 11 gunshot wound in his right thigh,” read the telegram from Ottawa to his father, Mr. Alfred Drury 123 East Avenue. Private Drury has been in France since March. He left here with the 125th boys, but he was transferred and went into the fight with the 54th Battalion.

BX April 19, 1989

DRURY, Norman – On Tuesday, April 18, 1989, at the Brantford General Hospital, in his 90th year, Norman Drury; beloved husband of Hazel (nee Bowden); loving father of Norma Stewart of Simcoe; Connie Martin of Northridge, California; Pat and her husband, Tony Smith, of Brantford and the late Wally Drury of Detroit; also loved by his 13 grandchildren and his ten great-grandchildren; dear brother of the late Clare Drury and the late Lillian Hainer. Mr. Drury was an employee of Massey-Ferguson for 47 years, a veteran of the First World War and a faithful member of Central Baptist Church. Friends may call at the McCleister Funeral home, 30 Brant Avenue, from 2 to 4 and 7 to 9, Thursday. Funeral service in the chapel Friday afternoon at 2 o’clock. Interment in Farringdon Burial Ground. Pastor D. Irwin of Central Baptist Church will officiate.