Name
Hirim John Hammond
Conflict
First World War
Date of Death / Age
31/07/1917
27
Rank, Service Number & Service Details
Serjeant
265148
Hertfordshire Regiment
Awards: Service Medals/Honour Awards
Not Yet Researched
Cemetery/Memorial: Name/Reference/Country
YPRES (MENIN GATE) MEMORIAL
Panel 54 and 56.
Belgium
Headstone Inscription
Not Researched
UK & Other Memorials
Ware Town Memorial, St Mary’s Church Memorial, Ware, Hertfordshire Regimental Memorial, All Saints Church, Hertford, We are not aware of any memorial in Amwell End
Pre War
Born in 1890 in the Cherry Tree public house, Amwell End, Ware, Hertfordshire son of Herbert Samuel and Susan (Nicoll) Hammond and was living in Mount Street, Ware in 1911 and later in 20 Crib Street, Ware. He was a maltmaker.
Wartime Service
Enlisted at Ware formerly 1820, entered France on 6 Nov 1914 and was wounded at the Battle of St Julien. He was taken to a casualty clearing station which was then hit by a shell and he was killed.
Additional Information
Brother of Sergeant Herbert Samuel Hammond who was killed in action on 13 Nov 1916 and is also commemorated on these memorials. On forces records as Hirim Hammond.
Acknowledgments
Malcolm Lennox, Jonty Wild
