Private Thomas Edward ’Tom’ Hammond
PERSONAL INFORMATION
Name:
Hammond,
Thomas Edward ’Tom’
Date of birth: 1887-05-11
Place of birth: Scarsdale Nova Scotia Canada
Next of kin: Elizabeth Hammond, mother. Scarsdale, Nova Scotia
Marital status: single
Occupation (attested): Labourer
Occupation (normalized): Labourer
Religion: Roman Catholic
Date of death:
1916-09-17
Cause of death:
Killed in action
Buried:
Vimy Memorial, N/A
MILITARY INFORMATION
Regimental number: 470365
Highest Rank:
Private
(26th Battalion)
Rank detail
- Private, 26th Battalion, Infantry (Army). 1916-06-29 to 1916-09-17
- Private (Army). 1916-06-24 to 1916-06-28
- Private (Army). 1915-09-18 to 1916-06-24
Degree of service: Europe
Survived war: no
Battle wounded/killed: Courcelette
Commemoration location: Mahone Bay, Nova Scotia
RESEARCH INFORMATION
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CWGC ID: 1568845
LAC ID:
441278
Service file: B3999-S015
Uploader's Notes:
Son of James Levi Hammond and Elizabeth Ann 'Betsy' Hammond (nee Dorey, formerly Carver); older brother of James Angus Hammond (Service No. 415196). His grandfather, also named Thomas Hammond, was a veteran of the Battle of Waterloo which had been fought a century before Thomas Edward enlisted.
26th Battalion attacked the German Trenches from their location along "Gun Pit Road", the attack was a failure with the supporting artillery exploding 500 yards behind the enemy ... Thomas was missing after this attack and his body was never recovered.
Uploader's Research notes: 64th Battalion Nominal Roll [Private Army Canadian Infantry 64th Battalion D Company Private Army Canadian Infantry 12th Reserve Battalion Private Army Canadian Infantry 26th Battalion ]
ARCHIVAL INFORMATION
Date added: 2004-09-04
Last modified: 2020-09-30