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Leonard Vivien Drummond-Hay

In memory of:

Major Leonard Vivien Drummond-Hay

August 14, 1918

Military Service

Age:

23

Force:

Army

Unit:

Princess Patricia's Canadian Light Infantry (Eastern Ontario Regt.)

Honours and Awards:

Military Cross

Additional Information

Son of Edward Drummond-Hay of Kitscoty, Alberta and Mrs. J.M. Bourness of Vancouver, British Columbia.

Brother of Lieutenant Eric Drummond-Hay, who was killed in action while serving with the Canadian Infantry (Manitoba Regiment).

Commemorated on Page 400 of the First World War Book of Remembrance. Request a copy of this page. Download high resolution copy of this page.

Burial Information

Cemetery:

BOUCHOIR NEW BRITISH CEMETERY
Somme, France

Grave Reference:

III. A. 4.

Location:

Bouchoir is a village in the Department of the Somme on the straight main road from Amiens to Roye. The BOUCHOIR NEW BRITISH CEMETERY is on the north-east side of the road nearly 2 kilometres south-east of the village.

Information courtesy of the Commonwealth War Graves Commission.

Digital Collection

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  • Circumstances of death registers– Source: Library and Archives Canada. CIRCUMSTANCES OF DEATH REGISTERS, FIRST WORLD WAR. Surnames: Don to Drzewiecki. Microform Sequence 29; Volume Number 31829_B016738. Reference RG150, 1992-93/314, 173. Page 1037 of 1076. His brother, Lieutenant Eric Drummond-Hay, was killed in action, 2 September 1918.

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    Circumstances of death registers
    Circumstances of death registers – Source: Library and Archives Canada. CIRCUMSTANCES OF DEATH REGISTERS, FIRST WORLD WAR. Surnames: Don to Drzewiecki. Microform Sequence 29; Volume Number 31829_B016738. Reference RG150, 1992-93/314, 173. Page 1037 of 1076. His brother, Lieutenant Eric Drummond-Hay, was killed in action, 2 September 1918.
  • Newspaper Clipping– News article from the Calgary Herald dated 27 August 1918 advising of the death of Major Leonard Vivien Drummond-Hay, MC.

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    Newspaper Clipping – News article from the Calgary Herald dated 27 August 1918 advising of the death of Major Leonard Vivien Drummond-Hay, MC.
  • Grave Marker– Photo courtesy Wilf Schofield, England

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    Grave Marker
    Grave Marker – Photo courtesy Wilf Schofield, England

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