| Surname: | Drew |
| Initials: | C F |
| Rank: | Sergeant |
| Army Number: | 5380058 |
| Notes: | MPSC. 11/11/44 died. Born in Buckinghamshire and resided in Reading. Formerly Ox & Bucks Light Infantry transferred to MPSC. 21 Area Pro Coy War Diary, WO 169/15937. 11/11/44 telephone message fro SIB, a truck with 10 soldiers and 2 ATS washed away at Wadi Gaza. Casualties unknown. 14/11/44 SIB advise body washed up at Gaza Lido, believed to be that of S/Sgt McGeachi, 57 MPDB. 16/11/44 telephone message from SIB, body of S/Sgt Drew C found on Gaza Beach and taken to 91 General Hospital. Sgt Cornish is not mentioned but died on the same day as McGeachi and Drew. Inscription on gravestone: Till we meet again peace perfect peace. Casualty Lists 1612/2, Palestine, missing, date not reported, shown on CMP List. (Shown as CMP on this list). Casualty List 1625/2, Palestine, previously reported missing date not reported now reported died result of accident., 1612, date not reported. Casualty List 1747, Palestine, previously reported missing, date not reported, now reported dead as a result of accident., date not recorded. 26/7/48 He was awarded the Defence Medal, War Medal. Address:- not shown. Charles Frederick Drew. |
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| Date of Death: | Nov. 11, 1944 |
| Company: | 57 MILITARY PROVOST DETENTION BKS. |
| CWGC Link: | 2219665 |
| Cemetery: | RAMLEH WAR CEMETERY, ISRAEL 🇮🇱 |
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