C.D.W. (Drummond) Thorne (F 56-60). Drummond’s son, Matthew, has sent the following on behalf of the family:
“We regret to announce the passing of Charles Drummond Wilson Thorne, on 16th May 2023.  He was born Charles Drummond Wilson in Edinburgh on the 29th of June 1942. His mother was Aymee Robertson, and tragically his father, Squadron Leader Matthew Drummond Wilson, had been killed in action after a bombing raid over Essen. This all happened two months before Drummond was born. It was his maternal grandfather, Dr Charles Robertson, who was the father figure to him then, and along with his mother and grandfather, all lived together in Bonnyrigg just outside Edinburgh. His mother remarried when he was five to Kenneth Thorne and they relocated to Glasgow where Drummond attended boarding school at Cambusdoon, Alloway in Ayrshire. After Cambusdoon, he then attended St Bees School as a boarder between 1956 and 1960. After leaving St Bees he went to study at the Agricultural College in Ayr, finally settling in Stirling where he worked in the Agriculture and Fisheries Department as a Head Agricultural Officer.
	Drummond's 80th Bday with wife Marcelline and sons, Mark (R) and Matthew (L)
	There he met his future wife, Marcelline, and they married on 11th September 1976. He had two sons, Matthew born in 1978 and Mark the following year. Drummonds loved his rugby and spent many years as a member of the local rugby club, Stirling County, and could regularly be found cheering Scotland on at Murrayfield.
Drummond at school
He retired in 2003 after 40 years of service in the Agriculture and Fisheries Department, and at the time, he was one of the longest serving civil servants in Scotland.
Drummond	Drummond and Marcelline with Grandchildren - Joni (L), Marnie (R)
In retirement, he was happiest in the company of his grandchildren, Marnie and Joni.  A friend to many and a true gentleman with a wonderful sense of humour, he is greatly missed by all who knew him.”
Drummond with two sons, Mark (L) and Matthew (R)

 

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