Evans Humphrey ap Second Lieutenant - Revision history

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{{personnel
|Surname and forenames=Evans Humphrey ap, later known as Humphrey Drummond of Megginch.
|Army number=Not yet known.
|Rank=Second Lieutenant.
|Decorations=Military Cross - awarded on an immediate basis after breaking-up enemy counter attacks at Wesel on 24/3/1945
|Date of birth=18/9/1922 at Old Buckenham, Norfolk.
|Age=86 at the time of his death.
|Unit=Cadet at 121 OCTU. Commissioned into the Royal Artillery as a Second Lieutenant. Posted to 1st Mountain Regiment - joined 2/5/1942. Attached to 45 Royal Marine Commando during the Rhine Crossing in 1945. Gold Staff Officer at the 1953 Coronation.
|Company/Battery=451 Mountain Battery. 454 Mountain Battery.
|Task or role=Troop Commander. Forward Observation Officer.
|Joined Brigade=2/5/1942.
|Promotions=Captain.
|Wounded=Yes - injured when a Carrier hit a booby-trapped bomb on 1/5/1945.
|Prisoner of War=Not as far as is known.
|Died/Killed in action=Died 2/4/2009.
|Home address=Father was an Army Officer. Attended Eton and Trinity College, Cambridge. Lived at Old Buckenham. Married Jean Cherry Drummond - later confirmed in 1986 as Lady Strange (who died in 2005) - and subsequently moved to the family seat - Megginch Castle [https://handedon.wordpress.com/2018/05/16/megginch-castle-perthshire/], Perthshire upon which he took her name. Post-war he worked for Indian Political Service and then the National Trust as Welsh representative. Published author. Had a total of six children - three sons and three daughters.
|Image Name=Humphrey_Drummond_1403316f.jpg
|Image Title=Captain Drummond - 1st Mountain Regiment - formerly ap Evans.
}}

To read the Obituary in the Daily Telegraph please click [https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/obituaries/military-obituaries/army-obituaries/5324930/Captain-Humphrey-Drummond-of-Megginch.html here]

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 |Prisoner of War=Not as far as is known.
 |Died/Killed in action=Died 2/4/2009.
-|Home address=Father was an Army Officer.  Attended Eton and Trinity College, Cambridge.  Lived at Old Buckenham.  Married Jean Cherry Drummond - later confirmed in 1986 as Lady Strange (17/12/1928 - 11/3/2005) - and subsequently moved to the family seat - Megginch Castle [https://handedon.wordpress.com/2018/05/16/megginch-castle-perthshire/], Perthshire upon which he took her name.  Post-war he worked for Indian Political Service and then the National Trust as Welsh representative.  Published author.  Had a total of six children - three sons and three daughters.
+|Home address=Father was an Army Officer (Maj James John Pugh Evans MBE MC DL).  Family lived at Nantymoch, Co. Cardigan.
 |Image Name=Humphrey_Drummond_1403316f.jpg
-|Image Title=Captain Drummond - 1st Mountain Regiment - formerly ap Evans.
+|Image Title=Captain Humphrey Drummond - 1st Mountain Regiment - formerly ap Evans.
 }}
 To read the Obituary in the Daily Telegraph please click [https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/obituaries/military-obituaries/army-obituaries/5324930/Captain-Humphrey-Drummond-of-Megginch.html here]