(Note: Though a poppy does not appear on the street sign, this street is part of the City of London's "Streets of Honour" program and was named for Private Drummond)
This street is named in memory of Private Stuart Drummond.
Stuart Drummond was born on 7 October 1921 in London, ON. Growing up on Edward Street, he enlisted soon after completing his education. Once in England, he was assigned to the Essex Scottish Regiment who had been decimated during the Dieppe Raid.
The following months saw the Regiment (part of the 2nd Division) train in preparation for the D-Day invasion of June 1944. However crowding in the Normandy bridgehead delayed the move of the Division to France to the 7th July. Once in France, Private Stuart Drummond took part in his Regiment’s operations throughout the north-west Europe campaign and by February 1945, The Essex Scottish Regiment found themselves fighting as part of OPERATION VERITABLE, whose objective was to clear the enemy from the area between the Rhine and Maas rivers. On 19 February 1945, the Essex Scottish Regiment were advancing in the area of Bedburg-Louisendorf, Germany. It is during this action that Private Stuart Drummond was killed. He is buried at the Groesbeek Canadian War Cemetery, in the Netherlands.
