Major Walter Drew
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TitleMajor Walter Drew
Date1908
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Description
Major Walter Drew, JP was Provost of Milngavie from 1892-1898. Major Drew ran Clober Bleach Works in Milngavie. He was the founder and Commander of the local company of Dumbartonshire Regiment of the 9th Argyll and Sutherland Higlanders, for which he received the Volunteer Decoration from Queen Victoria. He retired from the regiment in 1910. He had first been elected to the Town Council in 1887 and held every office of the council. He died in November 1927.