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VC1005   Geoffrey Heneage Drummond

Name   Geoffrey Heneage Drummond   No.      

VC Issue No.   1005   Awards   VC    

Regiment   Royal Naval Volunteer Reserve

Later   

Now   

Rank VC Won    Lieutenant

Rank End Of Career   Lieutenant-Commander

Place Of Birth   St James's Place, London, England

Place Of Death   In a hospital, Rotherhithe, London, England

Buried/Location Ashes   St Peter's Church Cemetery (now St Peter's Gardens), Chalfont St Peter, Buckinghamshire, England

Cremated   

Date Buried/Cremated   

Headstone   Headstone (CWGC)    Plot/Grave no.   Remembrance Gardens, Row J, Grave 13

Gazetted   28 June 1918

VC Presented   11 September 1918, King George V, Buckingham Palace, London, England

Memorials

P  Headstone, St Peter's Church Cemetery (now St Peter's Gardens), Chalfont St Peter, Buckinghamshire, England

P  Named on VC Memorial, Eaton College, Windsor, Berkshire

P  Memorial Plaque, Clayesmore School, Iwerne Minster, Dorset

Named on War Memorial, Christ Church, Oxford, Oxfordshire

By The Way…

Injuries sustained during his VC action in 1918 led to his tragic death in 1941, when his injured leg gave way, and he fell, hit his head, suffering severe concussion that he never recovered from.

VC Held By

Lord Ashcroft Collection / I.W.M.

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BORN   25 January 1886

DIED   21 April 1941  AGE   55

VC Won   9-10 May 1918   AGE   32

Place VC Won   Ostend, Belgium

War/Campaign   First World War 1918