Major Hugh Fitzhardinge Drummond

Campaign:

Crimean War


Died:

3.8.1855

Adjutant
Aged 25
1st Battalion Scots Fusilier Guards
Having had his horse killed under him at the battle of the Alma and having been severely wounded at Inkerman, severely wounded at Inkerman, hospitalised by diarrhoea in the late spring of 1855 and DOW shortly before Sebastopol fell.
Printed volume of his letters held at RHQ Scots Guards

Memorial(s):

Country Location Name of Memorial Campaign Names Date(s)
England Chichester Cathedral Chichester PO19 1PX England Chichester Cathedral Crimean War
Hugh Fitzhardinge Drummond 3-8-1855 View

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