John Haworth Drewry Letters
Letters from John Haworth Drewry to his parents. Learn more.
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The Huns dropped a message on our side of the lines the other day, giving particulars of officers of the R.A.F. whom they have recently taken prisoner. In it they state that Lieut. T.G. Drew-Brook was wounded and taken prisoner on May 20th. Poor little Tommy, he must have been attacked after he got lost, was wounded and had to land. I am rather anxious about the lad, for we don't know anything of the nature of his wound, though it could not be serious else he couldn't have got down safely as he did. His aunt had written the Red Cross and found out about him and and then wrote me, so I won't have to break the news to her, thank goodness.
Major Hubbard has been promoted so we have lost him. Our new C.O. is quite a young chap. He has been here only a few days. so can't say what he is like yet. "Mother" Hubbard is is now a Lieut.-Col. in command of a station in England. We are all
BC Archives, 93-6553, Box 4, / DREWRY FAMILY / Selected correspondence, 1917 – 1919.