Today | News | Books | Recipes Adventure | Science Fiction | Ghost stories | Poetry | Children | History Bookme night; _unm._ The Rev. Ronald Irving wrote: "Your brother, Major Drummond, arrived here on Thursday last (12 Nov.) and stayed the night in the same mess as I am. On Friday I had to go out to the Brigade Headquarters in which the 2/3 Gurkhas are, so I took him out in a car at 3 p.m. ... and he went into the trenches that evening. At 9 p.m. the regt., with the 'Garhwals,' had to make an attack on the German trenches. Things did not go too well, and the Major, who was the C.O., volunteered to lead the men out of the trench, and he had only gone a few yards when he was killed outright from a bullet wound. His body was recovered and I took it yesterday to Bethune Cemetery for interment." Major Drummond was thus only six days in France, and a little over six hours in the trenches when he was killed while gallantly leading his men. [Illustration: =Eric Grey Drummond.=] =DRUMMOND, FREDERICK JOHN=, Trooper, East African Mounted Rifles (Bowker's Horse), eldest _s._ of Major John William Ainslie Drummond, of 27, Stanhope Gardens, London, S.W., and Hollycombe, Englefield Green, late Scots Guards, a Partner in Coutts' Bank [E. of Perth coll.], by his wife, Florence Charlotte dau. of John George Blencowe, of Bineham, Sussex; _b._ Eastbourne, co. Sussex, 15 June, 1891; educ. Evelyn's and Eton; settled in East Africa; joined the East African Rifles on formation in Aug. 1914, after the outbreak of war, and was killed in action in the Longido Hills, 3 Nov. 1914; _unm._ =DRUMMOND, WILLIAM=, L.-Corpl., No. 1889, A. Coy., 1/14th Battn. (London Scottish) London Regt. (T.F.), eldest _s._ of the late David Kininment Drummond, Commercial Traveller, by his wife, Henrietta Mabel (70, Cambridge Road, King's Heath, Birmingham), dau. of William Goodman Porter, of Liverpool; _b._ Acocks Green, co. Warwick, 30 April, 1893; educ. Wellesbourne House School, Acocks Green, and King Edward's Grammar School, Edgbaston; joined the London Scottish in June, 1913, and with the whole battn. volunteered for foreign Service after the outbreak of war, and went to France, 15 Sept. 1914. He took part in the famous charge of the London Scottish at Messines, 31 Oct. 1914, and died at the Base Hospital, Boulogne, 27 Jan. 1915, of wounds received in action five days previously. He was buried in the cemetery there; _unm._ A comrade wrote: "We were all very fond of him, he was a splendid fellow, very quiet and unostentatious and absolutely reliable; if he had a job to do he always did well.... You have many unknown to you who share your sorrow." [Illustration: =William Drummond.=] =DUCAT, RICHARD=, Major, 20th Infantry (Brownlow's Punjabis), Indian Army, 3rd _s._ of the late Major-General Charles Merewether Ducat, Bombay Staff Corps; _b._ Ahmedunggar, India, 12 July, 1871; gazetted 2nd Lieut., Duke of Cornwall's L.I., 13 Aug. 1892; promoted Lieut. 31 Aug. 1894, and transferred to the Indian Army, 31 Aug. 1896; became Capt. 13 Aug. 1901 and Major, 13 Aug. 1910; served on the North-West Frontier of India, 1897-8, where he took part in the fighting at Malakand, Utman Khel, Buner, and in the attack on, and capture of, the Tanga Pass (medal with clasp); in China (medal) 1900, and in Tibet (medal), 1903-4. After the outbreak of the European War he accompanied his regt. to the Persian Gulf and died 11 Nov. 1914, of wounds received in action at Fao. He was buried at San-i-yek, on the Shat-el-Arab River, Persian Gulf. His commanding officer wrote: "In the position your husband's companies occupied when he fell, he was rendering me an invaluable service in protecting the left of the regt., and left me free to operate with confidence on the right. His last words to his men before he became faint from loss of blood, were 'push on and don't mind me.'" Major Ducat _m._ at St. Mary Abotts, Kensington, 5 Jan. 1910, Dora Margaret, 2nd dau. of the late Bayley Moore Collyns, of Morebath House, Somerset; _s.p._ =DUCK, ALBERT EDWIN=, Chief S.B.S., 350302, H.M.S. Good Hope; lost in action off Coronel, on the coast of Chili, 1 Nov. 1914. =DUCK, EDWARD=, Ordinary Seaman, J. 16642, H.M.S. Pathfinder; lost when that ship was sunk by a mine, about 20 miles off the East Coast, 5 Sept. 1914. =DUCKETT, JAMES THOMAS=, Private, No. 7840, 3rd, att. 1st, Battn. Norfolk Regt., _s._ of Samuel William Duckett, by his wife, Matilda; _b._ Norwich, 12 March, 1869; educ. Carrow School there; enlisted in the 4th Battn. Norfolk Regt., 10 March, 1889, and re-enlisted 30 April, 1900, and again in the 3rd Battn. Norfolk Regt., 10 Aug. 1914; went to France, 19 Sept.; was killed in action at Givenchy, near Festubert, 25 Oct. 1914. He _m._ at St. Mary's Church, Norwich, 25 Dec. 1889, Catherine Eleanor, only dau. of William Rix, and left nine children: William, _b._ 10 July, 1891; James, _b._ 26 Jan. 1896; Samuel, _b._ 10 Jan. 1899; George, _b._ 1 May, 1902; Edward, _b._ 9 May, 1910; Eleanor, _b._ 6 Feb. 1890; Alice, _b._ 21 Feb. 1894; Martha, _b._ 31 May, 1904; and Kitty, _b._ 13 May, 1908. =DUDDY, FRANK=, Stoker, 1st Class (R.F.R., B. 4784), S.S. 104153, H.M.S. Good Hope; lost in action off Coronel, on the coast of Chili, 1 Nov. 1914. =DUDLEY, DAVID=, Capt., 91st Punjabis, attached 2nd Jats, _s._ of the Rev. Francis Dudley, late Vicar of St. Thomas', Overmonnow, Monmouth, by his wife, Alice (24, Gordon Avenue, St. Margarets-on-Thames), dau. of the Rev. John Dixon Frost; _b._ Wrenthorpe Vicarage, Wakefield, 14 March, 1881; educ. Monmouth Grammar School (1892-1900); received his commission from the Militia in the Duke of Cornwall's L.I., 27 Aug. 1902, and served in the South African War, receiving the Queen's medal with four clasps. He was promoted Lieut. 27 Nov. 1904, and transferred to the Indian Army in Feb. 1906, and was gazetted to the 91st Punjabis. He was appointed Double Company Officer, 12 Feb. 1906, and became Capt. 27 Aug. 1911. At the outbreak of the European War, Capt. Dudley was one of those selected for service in the Expeditionary Force in France, and arriving at Marseilles in Dec. 1914, he proceeded to the Front, where he was attached to the 6th Jats. He took part in the Battle of Neuve Chapelle, after which his commanding officer wrote: "I had very great pleasure in recommending him for reward for the work which he had done, whether granted or not, he thoroughly earned it." He was killed in action in the attack on the Auber's Ridge, 9 May, 1915. His commanding officer wrote: "He led his men with his accustomed gallantry, but in the first few yards was mown down by the enemy's machine-gun fire. He was a very sterling fellow, a most excellent officer of great personal courage, and a charming and modest companion." He was buried in the Military Cemetery at Neuve Chapelle; _unm._ Capt. Dudley was a good all-round athlete, a fine Rugby footballer, a good cricketer, oarsman and swimmer. In Burma he won the Indian Army Hockey Medal, and was one of the best polo players, winning many cups both for that and for tennis. [Illustration: =David Dud |