MAJOR ERIC GREY DRUMMOND
4TH GURKHA RIFLES
14TH NOVEMBER 1914 AGE 39
BURIED: BETHUNE TOWN CEMETERY, VLAMERTINGHE, FRANCE
Loyal au mort, faithful unto death, is the motto of the Drummond family of Invermay. Eric Drummond was a professional soldier who had served with the Indian Army since 1895. He retired in November 1913 but rejoined the army on the outbreak of war. He crossed to France on the 8 November and was ordered to join the 2/3rd Gurkha Rifles near Bethune. He went into the trenches on the 13th and was killed that night leading an attack.