CHALFONT ST. PETER (ST. PETER) CHURCH CEMETERY
Buckinghamshire
England
Historical Information
There are 2 Commonwealth burials of the 1914-1918 war and 4 from the 1939-1945 war here. All are now commemorated by Special Memorial Headstones and a Commemorative Tablet.
Cemetery picture used with the permission of the Commonwealth War Graves Commission
There are 2 Commonwealth burials of the 1914-1918 war and 4 from the 1939-1945 war here. All are now commemorated by Special Memorial Headstones and a Commemorative Tablet.
Cemetery picture used with the permission of the Commonwealth War Graves Commission
LT/JX 211029 Second Hand Geoffrey Heneage Drummond, V. C. (Legion D'Honneur)
(Received the V. C. during WW1)
H.M.S. Pembroke. formerly Lieut. Comdr. Royal Naval Volunteer Reserve, Royal Naval Patrol Service, died 21st April 1941, aged 55. Special Memorial.
Son of Capt. Algernon Heneage Drummond, formerly of The Rifle Brigade, and of Margaret Elizabeth Drummond (nee Benson); husband of Maude Aylmer Tindal Drummond (nee Bosanquet), of Chalfont St. Peter.
Citation: The following details are given in the London Gazette of August 28th, 1918 : On the night of May 9th-10th, 1918, Lieut. G. H. Drummond, in command of M.L. 254, although severely wounded by a shell which burst on board, remained on the bridge and navigated his badly damaged vessel into Ostend Harbour. He placed her alongside Vindictive and took off two officers and thirty-eight men, some of whom were killed and many wounded while embarking. Not until there was no one left alive on the Vindictive did he back his vessel clear of the piers before sinking exhausted from his wounds. It was due to the indomitable courage of this very gallant officer that the majority of the crew of the Vindictive were rescued.
(Received the V. C. during WW1)
H.M.S. Pembroke. formerly Lieut. Comdr. Royal Naval Volunteer Reserve, Royal Naval Patrol Service, died 21st April 1941, aged 55. Special Memorial.
Son of Capt. Algernon Heneage Drummond, formerly of The Rifle Brigade, and of Margaret Elizabeth Drummond (nee Benson); husband of Maude Aylmer Tindal Drummond (nee Bosanquet), of Chalfont St. Peter.
Citation: The following details are given in the London Gazette of August 28th, 1918 : On the night of May 9th-10th, 1918, Lieut. G. H. Drummond, in command of M.L. 254, although severely wounded by a shell which burst on board, remained on the bridge and navigated his badly damaged vessel into Ostend Harbour. He placed her alongside Vindictive and took off two officers and thirty-eight men, some of whom were killed and many wounded while embarking. Not until there was no one left alive on the Vindictive did he back his vessel clear of the piers before sinking exhausted from his wounds. It was due to the indomitable courage of this very gallant officer that the majority of the crew of the Vindictive were rescued.
