The Queens Own Royal West Kent R

The Queens Own Royal West Kent Regiment

Private A E Drummond

Private Albert Edwin DRUMMOND, G/21354, 6th Battalion, Queens Own Royal West Kent Regiment, killed in action, Flanders France, on or since, 27th March 1918, age 29.

Born London, Middlesex, son of Harry and Clara Drummond, of 30, Cumberland Avenue, Blackpool, Lancashire.

6th April 1912, St Chrysosthoms?, Victoria Park, Manchester, married Esther Caroline Gibson, spinster, of 12, Lloyd St., Rusholme, Manchester, Lancashire.

Children - Harry Drummond born 15th February 1913, Rusholme; James Herbert Drummond, born 30th March 1915, Rusholme.

Enlisted Manchester, Lancashire, age 27 years & 1 month, height 5ft 6 inches, weight 128lbs, scar left shin. Resided 12, Lloyd St., Rusholme, Manchester, Lancashire. Formerly engineers labourer.

11th December 1915, enlisted; 12th December 1915, to Army Reserve; 5th February 1917, mobolized & posted 2/9th Battalion, Middlesex Regiment, Service No. 267254; 13th September 1917, Folkestone, embarked / Boulogne disembarked; 14th September 1917, 41 Infantry Base Depot, Etaples; 17th September 1917, transferred to 3/4th Battalion, Royal West Kent Regiment; 21st September 1917, posted 6th Battalion, Royal West Kent Regiment & joined Unit in the Field.

1st December 1918, pension of 25/5 a week awarded to widow & two children.

19th December 1920, Statement of Relatives - Widow, Esther Caroline Drummond, 12, Lloyd St., Rusholme, Manchester; Children - Harry Drummond born 15th February 1913, 12, Lloyd St., Rusholme, Manchester; James Herbert Drummond, born 30th March 1915, 12, Lloyd St., Rusholme, Manchester; Father, Harry Drummond, 58 Orford ? Road, Walthamstow, London; Mother, Clara Drummond, 58 Orford ? Road, Walthamstow, London; Brothers - Victor Drummond, age 34, 70 Orford? Road; Frederick Drummond, age 29, ?? Chestnut GRove, Balh????.

Commemorated at Pozieres Memorial, Panel 58 & 59, Somme, France.

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