Life History

4th Sep 1876	Born in 9, Upper Road, Plaistow.
1876	Death of mother, Margaretta Main
11th Feb 1878	Father marries Julia Fava Wood.
24th Sep 1904	Married Edith Chappell in Manchester.
10th Feb 1908	Birth of daughter Edith Stewart Drewry in Barton-upon-Irwell.
1920	Birth of son Charles S Drewry in Chorlton.

Notes

Birth Certificate

In the birth certificate, his father is an engineer, living at 9, Upper Road, Plaistow.

Charles was baptised, in 1877, as Charles 'Stuart' Drewry in St Mary Magdalene Parish, Middlesex.
(In his birth certificate he is definitely 'Charles Stewart'.)

In the 1891 census, Charles Stewart jr., living with his father, is 14 years old, occupation 'Shop Boy'.

Army Record

Charles does not appear in the 1901 census. He was in the Army. (Click on the images below to see his record.)

Charles joined the Royal Artillery in February 1896.
He had previously been a member of the 1st Middlesex Engineer Volunteers.
His school record appears as the Duke of York's Military School and the Royal Hibernian Military School, leaving in 1896 with a 2nd class Certificate of Education.
In 1899, he was posted as a driver in the Ammunition Column to Bloemfontein, serving in the South Africa Campaign until 1902. (Second Boer War)
He was awarded the Queen's South Africa Medal with clasps "Relief of Kimberley" and "Paardeberg". Also the King's medal with clasps '01 & '02.
Charles was discharged in February 1908.

Charles' marriage is recorded and his wife Edith replaces his father as next of kin.

In the 1911 Census

Charles Stewart Drewry	Head	33	Goods Checker, Docks	b. Hackney London
Edith Drewry	Wife	31	married 6yrs	b. Seacocube, Cheshire
Edith Stewart Drewry	daughter	3		b. Manchester Lancs.