Hi Jan, That took some searching for. Two sources for you: 1] CWGC: Drury Robert. 20429 Private 13th Battalion Northumberland Fusiliers Age 19 Date of death 28th December 1915 Son of William and Hannah Drury, 9 Mount Pleasant, Penshaw, Co Durham Buried in Houplines Communal Cemetery Extension Grave number I.B.7 2] SWDCD: [SWD] spells his name wrong and records a different date of death but it is the same name because I checked by Regiment rather than name only. 20429 Private Robert Duruy 13th Battalion, Northumberland Fusiliers Born Ouston, Durham Enlisted ShineyRow, Durham Killed in Action 26 December 1915 Theatre of War France and Flanders. It is doubtful that Robert was buried at Houplines at the time of his death. Houplines was extended after the end of the war and many bodies were reburied there from smaller gravesites around the battlefield area. The 13th Battalion was a Service Battalion. It was formed at Newcastle during September 1914 as part of K3 and moved to Halton Park into it higher formation of 62nd Brigade, 21st Division. During November 1914 they moved in winter quarters at Aylesbury. In May 1915 they moved back to Halton Park. During August 1915 they moved to Witley and during September 1915 the Battalion along with the 12th [Service] Battalion embarked for France. On the 10th August 1917 the 12th [Service] Battalion and the 13th [Service] Battalion amalgamated to form the 12/13th [Service] Battalion. They ended their war at Berlaimont on the 11th November 1918 still as part of 62nd Brigade, 21st Division. They were then returned to England and disbanded. Hope this is of some help Regards Peter Fellowes ----- Original Message ----- From: <[email protected]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Tuesday, April 24, 2007 6:25 PM Subject: [ENG-DURHAM] Robert Drury WW1 > Hi > > Would anyone be able to look up a DOD, in WW1 records, for me please? > > Robert Drury was born in 1896 in Ouston and I have found a worn > inscription > on his brothers headstone showing that he was killed in action in France > on > Dec 28th 191? (inscription reads aged ?? years so that doesn't help > either) > I don't know anymore than that I'm afraid, this is the first Drury I've > come > across that wasn't a miner (his brother Oliver was killed in a mining > accident and it was the Durham Mining Museum that sent me the photo I got > this info > from!) > > Thank you > Jan > > Durham:- Down(e)s, Drury, Graham, Griev(e)son, Robinson, Tuttle > Middlesex:- Gelson > > > > > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > [email protected] with the word 'unsubscribe' without the > quotes in the subject and the body of the message