Geoffrey Heneage Drummond
Lieutenant, Royal Naval Volunteer Reserve
- Register No.
- 352 (Alf's numbering, from The Register of the Victoria Cross, 1997)
- Rank
- Lieutenant all Lieutenants →
- Unit
- Royal Naval Volunteer Reserve all Royal Naval Volunteer Reserve VCs →
- Date of action
- 9–10 May 1918 on this day → all of 1918 →
- Conflict / campaign
- First World War
- London Gazette
- 28th August 1918 on this day → all of 1918 →
- Born
- 25th January 1886 at St James' Place, London
- Died
- 21st April 1941 at Rotherhithe, London
- Memorial / grave
- Chalfont St Peter Cemetery, Buckinghamshire
From Alf Askin's research notes
Reproduced as Alf wrote it, c. 2000–2005. Spelling and abbreviations are his own.
DRUMMOND, Geoffrey Heneage. (reg No. 352).
Lieutenant Royal Naval Volunteer Reserve.
London Gazetted on 28th August 1918.
Born on 25th January 1886 at St James' Place, London.
Died on 21st April 1941 at Rotherhithe, London.
Memorial at Chalfont St Peter Cemetery, Buckinghamshire. On 9th/10th May 1918 at Ostend, Belgium Lieutenant Drummond commanding HMML 254**, volunteered for rescue work and was following HMS Vindictive to the harbour when a shell burst on board killing an officer and a deckhand and badly wounding the coxswain and Lieutenant Drummond. Notwithstanding his wounds, this officer brought the M L 254 alongside Vindictive and then took off two officers and 38 men, some of whom were killed or wounded while embarking. He retained consciousness long enough to back his vessel away from the Piers and towards the open sea before collapsing exhausted from his wounds. See also R.R.L. Bourke (reg No. 111), and V.A.C. Crutchley. (reg No. 282).
**Motor Launch.
Additional information:. Lieutenant Drummond served in World War Two as a Seaman in the River Thames Patrol Service.
Alf's notes on his life
On 9th/10th May 1918 at Ostend, Belgium Lieutenant Drummond commanding HMML 254**, volunteered for rescue work and was following HMS Vindictive to the harbour when a shell burst on board killing an officer and a deckhand and badly wounding the coxswain and Lieutenant Drummond. Notwithstanding his wounds, this officer brought the M L 254 alongside Vindictive and then took off two officers and 38 men, some of whom were killed or wounded while embarking. He retained consciousness long enough to back his vessel away from the Piers and towards the open sea before collapsing exhausted from his wounds. See also R.R.L. Bourke (reg No. 111), and V.A.C. Crutchley. (reg No. 282).
Additional information
Lieutenant Drummond served in World War Two as a Seaman in the River Thames Patrol Service.
**Motor Launch.
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