Who's Who 63 - Asst. Quantity Surveyor 1950; Kenya Police 1952-62; Security Officer NAP

Telegraph - 12 Jun 2007 - Born in Nairobi on April 30 1932 and went to the Prince of Wales School. After considering becoming a professional hunter, he entered a surveyor's office, and was then appointed an assistant engineer on a building project. After retiring from the Kenya [police] force Drummond spent some time in the troublespots of Aden and the Yemen, then became security officer for East African Airways and the National Parks of Kenya, and a safari tour operator. In 1985 the BBC made a film about his friendship with a cheetah called Petal, who let him walk, hunt and sleep alongside her, as well as teach her cubs survival techniques when she was absent. It became the basis of his touching book 'Queen of the Mara' (2005). Dave Drummond married first, Mary Allen, with whom he had a son and two daughters, one of whom predeceased him; after they divorced he married secondly, Hilary Ebsworth. Increasingly uneasy about security in Kenya, he decided to move in 2004 to Jersey, where he took up clay pigeon shooting.

mini-Sitrep XXXI - Obituary

Ancestry Passenger list 1959 He travelled with wife Evelyn Mary Drummond b. 12.7.1933

Grave inscription, Fowlis Wester churchyard: of Alfred Drummond D. 3.2.1943 Aged 69y. Also the Above Alfred Drummond D. 19.11.1947 Aged 80y For 42y Overseer on Ochertyrie Estate, Fowlis Wester. Also Their Sons James B. Drummond D. Perth 7.3.1995 Aged 86y. Alfred Drummond, M.b.e D. W. Australia 18.8.1998 Aged 98. in Memory of David Oswald Lamond Drummond, G.m. C.p.m.g. Son of Alfred Drummond, M.b.e. D. 19.2.2007, Jersey, C.i. He Served His Queen and Country With Courage and Distinction. R.i.p