246329 Maj. Eric Grey Drummond British Indian Army 2/3rd Btn. Gurkha Rifles (d.14th November 1914) Eric Drummond was the son of Major General Henry R Drummond of the Royal Engineers). Records show that in 1900 he was serving with the Somerset Light Infantry, having been promoted on 28th September 1895 to 2nd Lieutenant and then on 16th November 1898 to Lieutenant. He was wounded in the Mohmand Expedition of 1897-98. In 1913 he left the service to become a Kings Messenger but rejoined at the outbreak of war serving with the 4th Gurkha Rifles, Indian Army, then attached to the 2/3rd Battalion, Gurkha Rifles. He was killed in action on 14th of November 1914, the day after he entered the trenches, aged 39 years. He is buried in Bethune Town Cemetery. A pupil of Bedford Modern School 1889-93, Eric is commemorated on the School War Memorial, which was unveiled in 1923 and in the Roll of Honour, published in The Eagle, December 1923. Information courtesy of www.roll-of-honour.com
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