Drummond-Wolff Robert Horace Christian Lt-Col 0
Personnel Entry
Name Drummond-Wolff Robert Horace Christian
Army number 17785
Rank Lt-Col
Decorations Bronze Star USA, Croix de Guerre and Star.
Date of birth Date not yet known in detail but birth took place in 1901 in the area of Pau in France.
Age 0
Unit Commissioned as 2/Lt in the Black Watch 31/8/1922. ADC to the Governor of Punjab 22/12/29. Instructor French Military School 1/10/35. Assistant Military Attache Madrid 20/10/40. Posted 1 TS 1942. Posted 8th Black Watch in command 2/2/43. Posted as GSO1 SHAEF 30/12/44. Military Attache Lisbon 4/8/45. Commanding 20 Liaison & HQ Troops BAOR 4/3/48. Extra Regimental employment 1/4/50. Military Attache Brussels and Luxembourg 24/7/50. Retired as Hon Colonel 13/1/55.
Company/Battery
Platoon or other sub-unit
Task or role 2 i/c 1 TS. CO 8th Black Watch.
Joined Brigade Date not yet confirmed but probably mid-1942.
Promotions Lt 31/8/24. Captain 1/9/36. Major 31/8/39. T/Lt Colonel 2/2/43 and 4/3/48. Honorary Colonel.
Wounded
Prisoner of War
Died/Killed in action 22-Aug-83 at the age of 82. Death registered September 1983, Kensington and Chelsea.
Home address Married in Q2 of 1943 in Chelsea - Registry reference 1a 826. Spouse - Miss Douglas-Dicks. Address - United Services Club, Pall Mall, London, British Embassy, Lisbon, Portugal
Source table 1TS
