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William Drever

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Military Information

  • Date of enlistment:
  • Place of enlistment:
  • Service no: N/A
  • Rank: First Mate
  • Service Occupation:
  • Awards:
  • Regiment/Service: S.S. Moidart
  • Unit/Ship: Mercantile Marine
  • Place of Death: Lost at Sea
  • Age at Death: 36
  • Date of Death: 09/06/1918
  • Burial Country:
  • Cemetery: Tower Hill Memorial, London.
  • Grave/Mem Ref no:

Personal Information

  • Date of Birth: 10.05.1882
  • Place of Birth: Island of Westray, Orkney Islands
  • Address: 8 School Road, Downfield, Dundee.
  • Occupation:
  • Mother:

    Mrs Barbara Rendell Drever

  • Father:

    Mr Sinclair Drever

  • Siblings:
  • Spouse:

    Mrs Rose Drever ,nee Bell, of 8 School Road, Downfield, Dundee.

  • Children:

More about William Drever

William Drever was the son of Mr Sinclair and Mrs Barbara Rendell Drever. He was born on the Island of Westray in the Orkney Islands and was married to Mrs Rose Drever ,nee Bell, of 8 School Road, Downfield, Dundee. His ship, the cargo ship SS Moidart, was torpedoed and sunk in the English Channel 7 miles south east of Lyme Regis, Dorset by the German submarine UC-77 with the loss of fifteen of her crew. William Drever is commemorated on the Tower Hill Memorial in London.

Information supplied by Iain Stewart and Iain Birnie. Image courtesy of WFA.

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