Name
Herbert Samuel Hammond
Conflict
First World War
Date of Death / Age
13/11/1916
29
Rank, Service Number & Service Details
Sergeant
4/7001
Bedfordshire Regiment
4th Bn.
Awards: Service Medals/Honour Awards
Not Yet Researched
Cemetery/Memorial: Name/Reference/Country
THIEPVAL MEMORIAL
Pier and Face 2 C.
France
UK & Other Memorials
Hertford Town Memorial
All Saints Church Memorial, Hertford
Ware Town Memorial
St Mary’s Church Memorial, Ware
Pre War
Born in 1887 in the Cherry Tree public house, Amwell End, Ware, Hertfordshire son of Herbert Samuel and Susan (Nicoll) Hammond. He married Sarah Ansell in 1908 in Hertford and they lived at 19 Church Street, Hertford and later at 8B Dolphin Yard, Maidenhead Street, Hertford and had two children. He was a marine stores labourer.
Wartime Service
Enlisted at Hertford and was killed in action at the Battle of the Ancre.
Additional Information
Brother of Sergeant Hiram John Hammond who was killed in action on 31 Jul 1917 and is also commemorated on these memorials.
Acknowledgments
Malcolm Lennox
