Drewry (surname)

	Drewry (surname) Drewry is an English surname. Notable people with the surname include: Arthur Drewry (1891–1961), English director of football and FIFA president Christopher Drewry, British Army general David Drewry David John Drewry (born 22 September 1947, in Grimsby)David J Drewry spea ... (born 1947), English glaciologist and geophysicist George Leslie Drewry (1894–1918), English Royal Navy officer and Victoria Cross recipient * James Sidney Drewry (1883–1952), British engineer * Patrick H. Drewry (1 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu]
	Arthur Drewry Arthur Drewry (3 March 1891 – 25 March 1961) was an English football administrator who served as the fifth president of FIFA, the world governing body of association football, from 1955 to 1961. Drewry had held several football administration posts in his native England, serving as chairman of The Football Association and president of The Football League. Biography Drewry was born in Grimsby, Lincolnshire, and educated at the Grimsby Collegiate School.Our Association Football Correspondent. "Mr. Arthur Drewry." ''The Times'', London, 27 March 1961, pg 19. In 1911 Drewry joined the Lincolnshire Yeomanry and served in the First World War with the 1/1st Lincolnshire Yeomanry in Palestine. Drewry reached the rank of quartermaster sergeant with his squadron in the Yeomanry. After the war, in 1919, Drewry married the daughter of a Grimsby fish merchant, and Drewry would run his father-in-law's business until his retirement in 1953. In the Second World War Drewry served as North Li ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu]
	Christopher Drewry Lieutenant General Sir Christopher Francis Drewry, is a retired senior officer of the British Army who served as commander of the Allied Rapid Reaction Corps from 2000 to 2002. Military career Drewry was commissioned into the Welsh Guards in 1969. He was mentioned in despatches during a tour in Northern Ireland in 1987, and appointed a Commander of the Order of the British Empire in the 1990 Birthday Honours. In 1996 Drewry was appointed General Officer Commanding UK Support Command (Germany) and in 1997 he moved on to be Assistant Chief of Defence Staff for Policy at the Ministry of Defence.Whitaker's Almanacks He was knighted as a Knight Commander of the Order of the Bath in the 2000 Birthday Honours The Queen's Birthday Honours were announced on 19 June 2000 to celebrate the Queen's Official Birthday in the United Kingdom,United Kingdom: Australia (12 June), New Zealand (13 June),New ZealandThe Queen's Birthday Honours 2000(13 June 2000), ''N ..., and appointed comman ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu]
	David Drewry David John Drewry (born 22 September 1947, in Grimsby)David J Drewry speaker biography for 2008 conference at Yorkshire Universities (Word document liste here ), accessed 20 February 2010 is a glaciologist and geophysicist who was described in the conferring of an honorary degree by Anglia Ruskin University in 1998 as having an "outstan ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu]
	George Leslie Drewry George Leslie Drewry (3 November 1894 – 2 August 1918) was an English recipient of the Victoria Cross, the highest and most prestigious award for gallantry in the face of the enemy that can be awarded to British and Commonwealth forces. Drewry was born on 3 November 1894 to Thomas and Mary Drewry.Drewry, George Leslie Commonwealth War Graves Commission As a 20-year-old, and a midshipman in the Royal Naval Reserve during the First World War , he was awarded the Victoria Cross for ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu]
	James Sidney Drewry James Sidney Drewry (1883 – 14 December 1952) was a British engineer, born in Clapton, London. Family history James Sidney Drewry was the son of Charles Stewart Drewry and Julia Fava Wood. He married Mabel May Hyde and they had two daughters, Barbara and Christine. The artist Yvonne Drewry was his niece. Career J. S. Drewry claimed to be the originator of the petrol railcar, having built his first machine at Teddington in 1902. He founded the Drewry Car Co. in 1906 with his father Charles Stewart Drewry. By 1910, Drewry was working for the Lacre Motor Company at Letchworth, Hertfordshire. In 1922, Drewry, together with Harry Shelvoke (another Lacre employee) set up the firm of Shelvoke and Drewry Shelvoke and Drewry was a Letchworth, Hertfordshire manufacturer of special purpose commercial vehicles. It was best known for its innovative waste collection vehicles that were the preferred choice of municipal authorities in the UK together w ... to manufacture road vehicles. ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu]
	Patrick H Patrick may refer to: Patrick (given name), list of people and fictional characters with this name Patrick (surname), list of people with this name People Saint Patrick (c. 385–c. 461), Christian saint Gilla Pátraic (died 1084), Patrick or Patricius, Bishop of Dublin * Patrick, 1st Earl of Salisbury (c. 1122–1168), Anglo-Norman nobleman * Patrick (footballer, born 1983), Brazilian right-back Patrick (footballer, born 1985), Brazilian striker Patrick (footballer, born 1992), Brazilian midfielder Patrick (footballer, born 1994), Brazilian right-back Patrick (footballer, born May 1998), Brazilian forward Patrick (footballer, born November 1998), Brazilian attacking midfielder Patrick (footballer, born 1999), Brazilian defender * Patrick (footballer, born 2000), Brazilian defender John Byrne (Scottish playwright) (born 1940), also a painter under the pseudonym Patrick Don Harris (wrestler) (born 1960), American professional wrestler who uses the ring name Patrick Fil ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu]