Name
Albert Isaac Hammond
Conflict
First World War
Date of Death / Age
25/09/1915
23
Rank, Service Number & Service Details
Corporal
4/6261
Bedfordshire Regiment
"D" Company, 2nd Bn.
Awards: Service Medals/Honour Awards
Not Yet Researched
Cemetery/Memorial: Name/Reference/Country
LOOS MEMORIAL
Panel 41
France
Headstone Inscription
Not Researched
UK & Other Memorials
St James’ Church Memorial, Thorley
Working Men’s Club / Village Hall, Memorial, Thorley
Pre War
Son of Charles and Jane Hammond; husband of Sarah Alice Butterfield (formerly Hammond), of Lynch Hill Bank, Kensworth, Dunstable, Beds. Albert was born in Farnham, Essex, resident of Thorley and enlisted in Bishops Stortford. His home address was Butler's Hall Cottages. He was an agricultural labourer employed by Mr. F. Bird of Hither Farm.
Wartime Service
Before the outbreak of the War he was in the Militia and was called up on August 8th 1914. He went out to France and was killed in the battle of Loos on 25th September 1915.
Additional Information
www.friends-stjames.org
Acknowledgments
John E. I. Procter (Rector of Thorley), Bill Hardy, Philip Hargrave - www.friends-stjames.org, Jonty Wild
