HAMMOND, WILLIAM
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Private
14658509
22/09/1944
19
East Lancashire Regiment 1st Bn.
II. F. 10.
Deep in our hearts a memory is kept of the one we love and will never forget
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Son of Isabella Hammond, of St. Anthony’s, Newcastle-on-Tyne.
Born in June 1925.
William Hammond was initially buried at Bergeijk.
From the service records of William Hammond, the following account can be reconstructed.
William Hammond was born on 24 April 1925 in All Saints, Newcastle upon Tyne, Northumberland. In civilian life he worked as an asphaltor. He was not married.
He enlisted in the British Army on 15 July 1943 and joined the Primary Training Wing. On 26 July 1943 he was transferred to the Border Regiment, and later, on 1 August 1944, to the East Lancashire Regiment.
William Hammond embarked for service in North West Europe on 31 May 1944.
According to his service records, he was 5 feet 5⅝ inches tall, with dark hair and brown eyes.
William Hammond was killed in action on 22 September 1944.
william Hammond With friends at a wedding prior to returning to his Regiment from leave
William Hammond his paybook with stains of his blood.