Lieutenant-General Sir Gordon Drummond - Niagara Falls, ON, Canada - Statues of Historic Figures on Waymarking.com

Gordon Drummond was born on September 27, 1772 in Quebec City, PQ, Canada. He was educated at Westminster School, England and entered the British army in 1789. He became the first Canadian-born officer to command the military and, later, the civil government of Canada.

Lieutenant-General Sir Gordon Drummond has a distinguishing military career. He successfully defended the Niagara Peninsula from American invasion during the War of 1812 and later became the Lieutenant Governor of Upper Canada and the Governor-General and Administrator of Canada.

A 4' high by 5' long bronze sculpture sits on top of a 6' high granite base with a bronze plaque on front. Lieutenant-General Sir Gordon Drummond is astride a horse wearing full military uniform that includes a double breasted jacket and two-cornered hat with a plume on top. He is leaning forward while holding the reins in his left hand and a telescope in his right hand.

The sculpture was created by Ralph Sketch and installed in the in Drummond Hill Cemetery, Lundy's Lane Battlefield Park, in 1989.

The plaque on the monument describes the events of the Battle of Lundy's Lane, the bloodiest battle of the War of 1812. It is inscribed:

           HOLDING THE HIGH GROUND

EARLY IN THE MORNING OF JULY 26TH 1814
LIEUTENANT-GENERAL SIR GORDON DRUMMOND AWAITED
ANOTHER ATTACK ON THE LUNDY'S LANE HILL NEAR
NIAGARA FALLS. THROUGHOUT THE PREVIOUS NIGHT,
THIS HILL HAS BEEN TAKEN AND RETAKEN IN THE
BLOODIEST, MOST HARD FOUGHT BATTLE OF THE WAR
OF 1812-14.

THE EXPECTED ATTACK DID NOT OCCUR, THE AMERICANS,
EXHAUSTED WITHDREW TO FORT ERIE. IN NOVEMBER,
THEY ABANDONED FORT ERIE AND RETIRED ACROSS THE
NIAGARA RIVER

DRUMMOND AND HIS TROOPS HAS SUCCESSFULLY
MAINTAINED BRITISH SOVEREIGNTY IN THE NIAGARA
PENINSULA.

THE NIAGARA PARKS COMMISSION/1989 RALPH SKETCH/SCULPTOR