William Drummond Matheson [SEP] conflict
William Drummond Matheson
Captain William Drummond Matheson MC was a Canadian World War I flying ace credited with five aerial victories.
Sergeant Matheson was promoted to temporary 2nd lieutenant (on probation) on 12 November 1916.
His citation for the Military Cross, published in the "Supplement to the London Gazette", states:
List of aerial victories.
See also Aerial victory standards of World War I
Florence Jardine, daughter of Sir Robert William Buchanan-Jardine of Castlemilk, 2nd Bt (Managing Director of Jardine Matheson), and Ethel Mary Piercy. They had three daughters:
- Jean Cherry, 16th Baroness Strange (1928–2005), m. Captain Humphrey Evans (later Drummond of Megginch), MC.
- Adam Drummond, 17th Baron Strange, the eldest of her six children, was heir to her title.
- Heather Mary (b. 1931), m. Lt.Cmdr. Andrew Christian Currey, RN