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George Gordon de Courcy Drury         1894-1947 George was born 28 August 1894, the son of Ernest de Courcy Drury and Nellie Kathleen Sansen, in New Zealand. He served in World War 1 initially with the New Zealand Field Artillery, then as a 2nd Lieutenant with the Royal Scots Fusiliers, then as a Lieutenant with the King's African Rifles in Kenya. Grace Kathleen Gmelin                       1895-1994 Grace was born on 4 September 1895, daughter of Rev. Frederick Edwin Gmelin MA, one time Rector of Coombe, near Oxford, and Kathleen Trevenen Roe. I have identified the following children:

Denis Gordon de Courcy

Born 16 May 1921

Christchurch, New Zealand

Married Ruth Elizabeth Johnston

Birth of Parents

George Gordon de Courcy Drury

b: 28 Aug 1894         New Zealand                   1894/12131 son of Ernest de Courcy Drury and Nellie Kathleen Sansen

Grace Kathleen Gmelin

b: 4 Sep 1895         Stonehouse, Devonshire       1895 3Q East Stonehouse 5b 286 daughter of Rev. Frederick Edwin Gmelin and Kathleen Trevenen Roe

His Actual Medal Bar, with one too many medals

LONDON GAZETTE, 3 June 1919

AWARDED THE MILITARY CROSS 2nd Lt. (T./Lt.) George Gordon de Courcy Drury, 3rd Bn., R. Sc. Fus., Spec. Res., and 2/2nd Bn., K. A. R.

Marriage

3 Jul 1920 George Gordon de Courcy Drury Grace Kathleen Gmelin

Children

Denis Gordon de Courcy Drury

b: 16 May 1921               Christchurch, New Zealand son of George Gordon de Courcy Drury and Grace Kathleen Gmelin

New Zealand Shipping Co. "Rimutaka" Arrival: Southampton 29 March 1922 From: Wellington, New Zealand Mrs. Grace Drury     26 Master Denis Drury   1 UK Address: Woolavington, Nr. Bridgewater Somerset

Death

George Gordon de Courcy Drury

Died 12 Mar 1947, Age 52,     Westminster, London   1947 1Q Westminster 5c 606

LONDON   9 May 1947                         Probate

DRURY, George Gordon de Courcy, otherwise Gordon - of 91 Onslow-gardens, Kensington, London, died 12 March 1947, at Westminster Hospital, Westminster, Probate London 9 May, to Grace Kathleen Drury, widow.   Effects £320 5s. 2d.

Death

Grace Kathleen (Gmelin) Drury

Died 1994, Age 99,       Fulham, London       1994 4Q Fulham 73a 220