Victoria Drummond
Victoria Alexandrina Drummond, MBE, was the first woman marine engineer in the UK and the first woman member of Institute of Marine Engineers. In the Second World War she served at sea as an engineering officer in the British Merchant Navy, and received awards for bravery under enemy fire. Her career included service at sea with Blue Funnel Line, Manchester Liners, and Cunard-White Star Line, and ashore at Caledon Shipbuilding & Engineering Company in Dundee.
14 October 1894
Born on the same birth date (14 October 1894): E. E. Cummings
Born on the same birth day (14 October): Bahadur Shah I • Eddie Keher • Evelio Javier • Gen Nakatani • Giambattista Marino • John William Kendrick • Justin Hayward • Konrad Peutinger • Lasha Zhvania • Laura Askew Haygood • Mohammad Khatami • Natalie Maines • Preston King (politician) • Robert Simson • Wesley Matthews • William Penn
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