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DRUMMOND, L - Lieutenant

Lieutenant
LINDSAY (L) DRUMMOND

  • Canadian Fallen Soldier - Lieutenant LINDSAY DRUMMOND
  • Lieutenant
    LINDSAY (L) DRUMMOND

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    LINDSAY (L) DRUMMOND
    20 April 1894
    Toronto, Ontario, Canada
    A.22110
    1 January 1970
    Lieutenant
    Royal Flying Corps
    Royal Military College of Canada
    18 May 1917
    Shot in heart and crashed while attacking German balloon near Geluwe, Belgium
    23 years
    ARRAS FLYING SERVICES MEMORIAL
    Reburied (1956) in Cement House Cemetery, Langemark, Belgium.

  • Lieutenant LINDSAY DRUMMOND's Story

  • Born
    20 April 1894 in Toronto, Ontario, Canada
    Enlisted
    1 January 1970 | Age: 75 years
    Buried
    18 May 1917 - ARRAS FLYING SERVICES MEMORIAL | Age: 23 years
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Interesting Facts

  • Born in Toronto. Educated at Upper Canada College. Graduated Bachelor of Civil Engineering  (Mining) Royal Military College of Canada at Kingston, Ont. Commissioned Lieutenant 1st Field, Company Canadian Engineers and trained at Valcartier, Quebec. Overseas to England in 3rd Field Company Canadian Engineers with first contingent England. To France with 2nd Field company Canadian engineers Sep 1914. Transferred to Sqn Royal Flying Corps July 1916 and flew as Observer. Selected for pilot training and returned to England. Back to France as pilot 18 April 1917. Shot down 18 May 1917 while flying a Neuport attacking a German Observation balloon. A bullet struck him in the heart and his plane crashed into a field near Geluwe, Belgium. Surv.by brothers Lt. HA., Garrison Artillery, and Pte RM in a research bn., and parents, Mr. Mrs. Henry A., 1 Deer Park Crescent, Toronto.

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Fallen Soldiers from Toronto Ontario, Canada

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Fallen Soldiers buried in ARRAS FLYING SERVICES MEMORIAL