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Auction: 19002 - Orders, Decorations and Medals
Lot: 61

British War Medal 1914-18 (Rev. R. J. Drummond.), edge nick, good very fine

Robert James Drummond was born at Leith, Edinburgh on 1 June 1858, scion of an ancient Manse family. A prominent theologian, he became Minister of Lothian Road Church and Chaplain to the King. He served during the Great War as a Reverend with the Young Men's Christian Association, arriving in France in May 1916. After the Armistice he was elected Moderator of the General Assembly of the United Free Church. He married Rhoda Constance Whitehorn and lived at 3 East Castle Road, Edinburgh. He died on 20 July 1951, aged 93, and was buried at Grange Cemetery, Edinburgh. The British War Medal is his only entitlement.



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