Margaret Drummond

Commandant Dame Edith Margaret Drummond, (4 September 1917 – 21 April 1987) was a senior British naval officer who served as Director of the Women's Royal Naval Service (WRNS) from 1964 to 1967.

Early life and education Edith Margaret Drummond was born on 4 September 1917 in Kilmarnock, Ayrshire, Scotland to Professor Robert James Drummond and Marion ( Street) Drummond. She was educated at Park School, an all-girls private school in Glasgow, and studied at the University of Aberdeen, graduating with an undergraduate Master of Arts (MA Hons) degree in 1938.

Military career In April 1941, Drummond joined the Women's Royal Naval Service (WRNS) and served as a writer (equivalent in rank to able seaman). She was promoted to second officer (equivalent to lieutenant) in October 1942, with seniority from 29 August 1942, and in early 1944 joined the staff of Commander-in-Chief, Plymouth. this promotion was confirmed in August.

After the Normandy landings, she was posted to India, where she worked as assistant secretary to its flag officer. She was deputy director of the WRNS and then, from June 1964 to 1967, Director of the Women's Royal Naval Service. and a Dame Commander of the Order of the British Empire in the 1965 New Year Honours. She retired in 1967.