Pte. Wilbert DRYNAN

1893 - 1918  (25 years)

• Name	Wilbert DRYNAN
  Prefix	Pte.
  Birth	2 May 1893	Bromley Twp., Renfrew, Ontario, Canada   [1]
  Gender	Male
  Attestation Papers	19 Jan 1916	Pembroke, Renfrew, Ontario, Canada
  	38th Bn EOR; L/Cpl; A. Sgt; Sgt; Pte;
  WWI service	2 Sep 1918	Dury, Pas De Calais, France   [2]
  	#788850 38th Battalion
  Death	2 Sep 1918	Dury, Pas De Calais, France   [2, 3, 4, 5]
  Burial	Dury, Pas De Calais, France   [6, 7]
  	Address: Dury Mill British Cemetery Dury, Pas de Calais France
  Person ID	I41503530	Whitewater Region Early Families
  Last Modified	10 Dec 2024

  
  

  Father	Alexander DRYNAN,   b. 2 Jun 1853, Ramsay Twp, Lanark Co., Ontario d. 8 Nov 1936, Bromley Twp., Renfrew, Ontario, Canada (Age 83 years)
  Mother	Hannah MCLAREN,   b. 10 Jan 1858, Horton Twp., Renfrew, Ontario, Canada d. 21 Aug 1934, Bromley Twp., Renfrew, Ontario, Canada (Age 76 years)
  Marriage	24 May 1882	Bromley Twp., Renfrew, Ontario, Canada   [8]
  Family ID	F6917	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• Photos » Slide Show		WWI & WWII Honor Roll - St. Andrew's Presbyterian Church, Cobden Photograph provided by Wilda Johnston
  		Cobden Memorial Hall Plaque with Names of Fallen Soldiers The Cobden Sun, Nov 13, 1919
  		WWI Memorial Plaque - Cobden Legion Photograph provided by Wayne Bennett
  		ZION UNITED CHURCH List of WWI Veterans, DOUGLAS, ONTARIO Photographed by Nancy Schultz
  		Pte. Peter O'Gorman & Pte. Wilbert DRYNAN
  		Pte. Wilbert DRYNAN LEST WE FORGET Flag Cobden Legion initiative, sponsored by family photographed by Fay Bennett 2025
  		Pte. Wilbert DRYNAN, Cobden Legion Flag, 2025 Photographed by Fay Bennett, Nov 2025

  
  

  Documents » Slide Show		CHx-Memorial Hall Corner Stone Laid newspaper article-The Cobden Sun, Aug 29, 1919 p. 1
  		Drynan, Wilbert WWI Military Service File Killed in Action
  		CHx-Two documents found in corner stone of destroyed Memorial Hall Newspaper Clipping from the 1958 Scrapbook of Irene McLaren, provided to Fay Bennett by Jack McLaren
  		Drynan, Wilbert killed in action (military) The Renfrew Mercury, Oct 25, 1918
  		Drynan, Private Wilbert, The Canadian Virtual War Memorial (CVWM) The Canadian Virtual War Memorial (CVWM) https://www.veterans.gc.ca/eng/remembrance/memorials/canadian-virtual-war-memorial/detail/253786
  		Drynan, Pte. Wilbert presented with purse on his farewell The Cobden Sun, Dec 10, 1942

  
  

  Histories

  Drynan, Pte. Wilbert - WWI Casualty Articles and information compiled by Fay Bennett from sources noted

  
  

• Sources

  [S525] Automated Genealogy, Census - Canada, Ontario, Renfrew Co., Bromley Twp., - 1901, (Index to 1901 Census of Canada with Digital Images, http://automatedgenealogy.com/census/cache/index.html). [S487223] Canada., Mil-War Graves Registers, Canada (Circumstances of Casualty), 1914-1948, (Ancestry.com Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2010.). [S871] Church, Les & Aldine, Newspaper - Births, Deaths and Marriages Abstracts From the Renfrew Mercury 1871 - 1924. [S485949] Church, Les & Aldine, Newspaper - Births, Deaths and Marriages Abstracts From the Renfrew Mercury 1871 - 1924. [S487226] Canada., Mil-WWI Personnel Records of the First World War, ( Library and Archives Canada . https://www.bac-lac.gc.ca/eng/discover/military-heritage/first-world-war/personnel-records/Pages/search.aspx.). [S487227] Veterans Affairs Canada, Mil-Canadian Virtual War Memorial, ((www.veterans.gc.ca/eng)), ). (Reliability: 3). [S486890] Commonwealth War Graves Commission, Mil-Commonwealth War Graves Commission, ((www.cwgc.org)), ). (Reliability: 3). [S493] Lewis, Olga, Renfrew County Marriages, 1876-1890, (Sep 1998).