In Memory Of
DRUMMOND, VALENTINE WYNFORD
Service Details
Age:
21
Service No:
68043
Rank:
Able Seaman
Unit:
H.M.S. Edinburgh
Regiment:
South African Naval Forces
Date of Death:
1942-04-30
Cause of Death:
Torpedoed by Uboat U-456 while escorting Convoy QP11 on 30 April 1942 and finally May 2 1942 she had to be abandoned after another attack, she was carrying 45 million in gold bullion.
Commemoration
Grave Reference:
Panel 74, Column 2.
Cemetery:
PLYMOUTH NAVAL MEMORIAL
Localitly:
Devon
Country:
United Kingdom
Additional Information
Son of Robert D. and Mabel R. Drummond, of Pretoria, Transvaal, South Africa.
