Basic Details
Surname
Hammond
Forenames
Leonard
Gender
Male
Information stated on memorial
Served or died
Died
Service number
30754
Notes
The Roll lists his address as 18 Stone Lane. It records that he died on 5/10/1917, which differs from official records.

(CWGC records that Private Leonard Hammond, regimental number 30754, died on 4/10/1917 while serving in 1st Battalion East Surrey Regiment, and is commemorated on Tyne Cot Memorial in Belgium. Soldiers Died in the Great War likewise records that Leonard died on 4/10/1917; it records him as a native of Peterborough who was living in Acton when he enlisted at Hounslow. The Army Registers of Soldiers' Effects also record that he died on 4/10/1917; his widow Alice was his legatee. On the 1911 census Leonard had been 32 years old, living with his wife Alice and their children at 39 Churchfield Road in Acton, Middlesex).
Primary Service
As stated on memorial
Service (Primary - Stated)
Army
Unit (Primary - Stated)
East Surreys
Sub-unit (Primary - Stated)
Not stated on memorial
Rank / Title (Primary - Stated)
Pte
Our References
Service (Primary - Our reference)
Unit (Primary - Our reference)
Rank / Title (Primary - Our reference)
Death and Burial details
Country of death
Belgium
Town of death
Polygon Wood
Country of burial
Not Stated on Memorial
Cemetery
Not Stated on Memorial
Year of death
1917
Month of death
October
Day of death
5
Manner of death as stated
Killed in action at Polygon Wood
Manner of death reference
Killed in Action
Personal Details
Address
18, STONE LANE
Occupation
Not Stated on Memorial