Military service
Age:
23
Rank:
Lieutenant
Force:
Army
Unit/Regiment:
Canadian Engineers
Division:
and 1st Sqdn. Royal Flying Corps
Birth:
July 1, 1893
Toronto, Ontario
Enlistment:
September 24, 1914
Valcartier, Québec
Death:
May 18, 1917
Burial/memorial information
Grave reference:
XVIII. C. 9-10 (Jt.)
Additional information
Son of Henry A. and Catherine Lucy (Pinhey) Drummond, of Toronto, Ontario. A graduate of the Royal Military College, Kingston, Ontario. Embarked for France, Sept., 1914.
Lieutenant Lindsay Drummond was killed in air combat on 18 May 1917. He was buried in a German war cemetery. Because he was misidentified in German war records, he was believed to have no known grave and was commemorated at the Arras Flying Services Memorial in France.
Almost a century later, Belgian First World War researchers Dick and Mieke Decuypere located his burial site after several years of investigation. The Commonwealth War Graves Commission confirmed the location of Lieutenant Lindsay Drummond's grave in 2017.
A dignified re-interment was conducted at the Cement House Cemetery in Langmark-Poelkapelle, Belgium, along with two other Canadian fallen airmen, Second Lieutenant Robert Smith Bennie and Lieutenant Thomas Arthur Metheral.
Digital gallery of Lieutenant Lindsay Drummond
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Photo of Lindsay Drummond
Photograph of held on file at the Royal Military College of Canada Museum and used on the College Memorial staircase. -
Document
Lt. Drummond's file card from the archives of the International Committee of the Red Cross, Geneva Switzerland. This card has the PA file numbers that lead to the German Records. -
Document
Lt. Drummond's file from the archives of the International Committee of the Red Cross, Geneva Switzerland. This is the German List that provides details on Lt. Drummond. -
Document
Each Canadian soldier that transferred from the Canadian ground troops to the Royal Flying Corps or the Royal Air Force has a Transfer Record. This is the first page of the file for Lt. Drummond. There are held at Library and Archives Canada. -
Circumstances of Death Registers
Circumstance of Death file (front) for Lt. Drummond. There are held at Library and Archives Canada. -
Photo of Lindsay Drummond
From "The War Book of Upper Canada College", edited by Archibald Hope Young, Toronto, 1923. This book is a Roll of Honour including former students who served during WWI. -
Memorial Tablet
Lieutenant Lindsay Drummond is remembered on this brass Memorial Tablet. It was unveiled on May 1st, 1921 in memory of Upper Canada College students who died on active service during the First World War. Upper Canada College is located in Toronto, Ontario. -
Newspaper Clipping
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Press Clipping
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Royal Canadian Yacht Club Memorial
The Royal Canadian Yacht Club World War One Memorial, Toronto, Ontario. Images of the 1926 unveiling ceremony and the names listed on the side panels of the sun dial memorial. This unveiling and the photographs were presented in a special edition booklet entitled "In Memoriam 1914-1918". -
Inscription
Arras Flying Services Memorial … photo courtesy of Marg Liessens -
Arras Flying Services Memorial
Photo courtesy of Marg Liessens -
Memorial
Lieutenant Lindsay Drummond was the son of Mr. and Mrs. Henry A. Drummond, of Toronto, Ontario. He was a member of the class of 1912 at the Royal Military College of Canada, Cadet #920. He embarked for France, Sept., 1914. He served with the Canadian Engineers and No. 1 Sqdn., Royal Flying Corps. He died on May 18, 1917 at 24 years of age. His name was listed on the Arras Flying Services Memorial, Pas de Clais, France. His name is listed on the memorial arch at the Royal Military College of Canada. Photograph and details by volunteer/s: Steve Rogers http://www.twgpp.org/information.php?id=2379167 -
Photo of Lindsay Drummond
920 Lt Lindsay Drummond (RMC 1911-1914) was a member of the class of 1914 at the Royal Military College of Canada. He was killed on the Western Front during the First World War on May 18, 1917. He is listed on the memorial arch at the Royal Military College of Canada. http://www.archive.org/details/stonefrigate191400kinguoft -
Memorial Doll
Ex-cadets are named on the Memorial Arch at the Royal Military College of Canada in Kingston, Ontario and in memorial stained glass windows to fallen comrades. 920 Lieut Lieutenant Lindsay Drummond was the son of Mr. and Mrs. Henry A. Drummond, of Toronto, Ontario. He was a member of the class of 1912 at the Royal Military College of Canada, Cadet #920. He embarked for France, Sept., 1914. He served with the Canadian Engineers and No. 1 Sqdn., Royal Flying Corps. He died on May 18, 1917 at 24 years of age. His name was listed on the Arras Flying Services Memorial, Pas de Clais, France. His name is listed on the memorial arch at the Royal Military College of Canada. -
Plaque
Ex-cadets are named on the Memorial Arch at the Royal Military College of Canada in Kingston, Ontario and in memorial stained glass windows to fallen comrades. 920 Lieut Lieutenant Lindsay Drummond was the son of Mr. and Mrs. Henry A. Drummond, of Toronto, Ontario. He was a member of the class of 1912 at the Royal Military College of Canada, Cadet #920. He embarked for France, Sept., 1914. He served with the Canadian Engineers and No. 1 Sqdn., Royal Flying Corps. He died on May 18, 1917 at 24 years of age. His name was listed on the Arras Flying Services Memorial, Pas de Clais, France. His name is listed on the memorial arch at the Royal Military College of Canada. -
Stained Glass Window
Ex-cadets are named on the Memorial Arch at the Royal Military College of Canada in Kingston, Ontario and in memorial stained glass windows to fallen comrades. 920 Lieut Lieutenant Lindsay Drummond was the son of Mr. and Mrs. Henry A. Drummond, of Toronto, Ontario. He was a member of the class of 1912 at the Royal Military College of Canada, Cadet #920. He embarked for France, Sept., 1914. He served with the Canadian Engineers and No. 1 Sqdn., Royal Flying Corps. He died on May 18, 1917 at 24 years of age. His name was listed on the Arras Flying Services Memorial, Pas de Clais, France. His name is listed on the memorial arch at the Royal Military College of Canada. -
Memorial
Memorial stair, Royal Military College, Kingston -
Memorial
Memorial arch, Royal Military College, Kingston -
Memorial
https://cmea-agmc.ca/canadian-ww-i-sapper-officer-among-three-missing-first-world-war-canadian-airmen -
Memorial
The Golden Book (Canadian Military Institute, 1927) -
Memorial
The Golden Book (Canadian Military Institute, 1927) -
Photo of Lindsay Drummond
Lindsay Drummond, a cadet at the Royal Military College of Canada, was listed in the Stone Frigate yearbook in 1914 http://www.archive.org/stream/stonefrigate191400kinguoft#page/100/mode/2up -
Plaque
Lindsay Drummond attended the St. Alban's Cathedral school for boys in Toronto. -
Memorial
Royal Canadian Yacht Club dedication panel -
Memorial
Royal Canadian Yacht Club dedication -
Memorial
Aura Lee Club, WWI plaque 1914-1918, Avenue Road, University of Toronto campus -
Memorial
Lindsay Drummond, Voices of Freedom exhibit May- November 2019, Canadian National Vimy Memorial -
Newspaper clipping
From the Toronto Telegram May 1917. Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me
Digital gallery of
Lieutenant Lindsay Drummond
Digital gallery of
Lieutenant Lindsay Drummond
Digital gallery of
Lieutenant Lindsay Drummond
Digital gallery of
Lieutenant Lindsay Drummond
Digital gallery of
Lieutenant Lindsay Drummond
Digital gallery of
Lieutenant Lindsay Drummond
Digital gallery of
Lieutenant Lindsay Drummond
Digital gallery of
Lieutenant Lindsay Drummond
Digital gallery of
Lieutenant Lindsay Drummond
In the Books of Remembrance
Commemorated on:
Page 231 of the First World War Book of Remembrance.
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CEMENT HOUSE CEMETERY Belgium
Langemark is located north of the town of Ieper off the N313. From the Markt take the Korte Ieperstraat,at the end turn right into Boezingestraat, past the first turning on the left and the cemetery is 100 metres on the left hand side.
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