In Memory of
LEWIN DRAISEY
Private
240408
"D" Coy. 2nd/5th Bn., Gloucestershire Regiment
who died on
Sunday, 2nd December 1917. Age 23.
| Additional Information: |
Son of Jane Draisey, of Beach Cottage, Coombe
Rd., Wotton-under-Edge, Glos., and the late Lewin Draisey. |
Commemorative Information
| Memorial: |
CAMBRAI MEMORIAL, LOUVERVAL, Nord, France
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Grave Reference/
Panel Number: |
Panel 6
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| Location: |
The small village of Louverval is on the
north side of the N30, Bapaume to Cambrai road, 13 kilometres north-east
of Bapaume and 16 kilometres south-west of Cambrai. The Memorial stands
on a terrace in Louverval Military Cemetery, which is situated on the
north side of the N30, south of Louverval village. CWGC signposts on the
N30 give advance warning of arrival at the Cemetery Situated behind a
colonnade, the memorial takes the form of a semi-circular wall on which
the names of the dead are carved. At the entrance is the following
inscription in English and French: TO THE GLORY OF GOD AND TO THE
ENDURING MEMORY OF 7048 OFFICERS AND MEN OF THE FORCES OF THE BRITISH
EMPIRE WHO FELL AT THE BATTLE OF CAMBRAI BETWEEN THE 20TH NOVEMBER AND
THE 3RD DECEMBER 1917, WHOSE NAMES ARE HERE RECORDED BUT TO WHOM THE
FORTUNES OF WAR DENIED THE KNOWN AND HONOURED BURIAL GIVEN TO THEIR
COMRADES IN DEATH.
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