Source: Elgin County Genealogical Society web article
Family Search: Private Charles Drummond was born on 4 October 1890, in London Township, Middlesex, Ontario, Canada. He married Ethel Mulholland on 20 May 1912, in Ontario, Ontario, Canada. They were the parents of at least 2 sons and 2 daughters. He lived in Belmont, Elgin, Ontario, Canada in 1915. He registered for military service in 1915. In 1915, at the age of 25, his occupation is listed as farmer in Belmont, Elgin, Ontario, Canada. He died on 10 October 1918, in Iwuy, Nord, Nord-Pas-de-Calais, France, at the age of 28, and was buried in Iwuy, Nord, Nord-Pas-de-Calais, France.
The Belmont news column in the Aylmer Express of November 14, 1918 reported the death of Charles Drummond:
Word has been received that Pte. Chas. Drummond, formerly of this village, has been killed in action on the 10th inst. His wife and family have been living in Eastwood since moving from Belmont.
Charles Drummond was born on October 4, 1890 in London, but his parents’ names are not known. He was married on May 23, 1912 in London to Ethel Mulholland, also of London, but a native of Oxford County.
He enlisted for service on November 8, 1915, while living in Belmont. He was a farmer. He died on October 10, 1918 while serving with the 18th Battalion of Canadian Infantry, Western Ontario Regiment, at the age of 32. He is buried in Iwuy Communal Cemetery in France. His wife’s address is given in the Veterans Affairs of Canada records as 1378 Trafalgar Street, London.
History of the 18th Battalion CEF, "The Fighting Eighteenth" 
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