Forename: Ernest William
Surname: Drew
Rank: Private
Regiment: Gloucestershire Regiment
Institution: St Paul’s Practising School
Ernest William Drew was born in 1883 and had been a pupil at St Paul’s Practising School.
He enlisted as a Private in the 5th Battalion Gloucestershire Regiment. Ernest died on 18 July 1916 at the Battle of Bazentin and is buried at Puchevillers British Cemetery in the Somme region of France.