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Lt Gen Sir Alexander Drummond KBE CB QHS was Director General of the Army Medical Services from 1956 to 1961.1 He was a driving force behind continuous improvements in military healthcare and the professional development of junior medical officers and published academic papers himself.2 The Drummond Foundation was instituted with funds given to the Royal Army Medical Corps by Lady Drummond in memory of her husband3 and these were incorporated into the RAMC Charity funds in 2008. The Drummond Committee, which has representation from primary and secondary care, trainees and the Army Reserve, is a subcommittee of The RAMC Charity and is tasked with ‘promoting medical research and undertaking the dissemination of the results thereof through publications and other means and providing prizes and awards.’ The Drummond Committee awards the annual prizes of the RAMC Charity, financial grants in support of research in the field of military medicine or with demonstrable applicability to military medicine in the land environment and travel bursaries to support the study of military medicine.