Basic Details
Surname
Hammond
Forenames
George
Gender
Male
Information stated on memorial
War
First World War (1914-1918)
Served or died
Died
Service number
NOT STATED ON MEMORIAL
Notes
Hornshaw and Fowler provide the extra details. He worked as a coalman before enlisting in 1915 into the South wales Borderers, hence the entry on the memorial: he transferred into the MGC. He was not found to have been commemorated on any other Calderdale memorial.
Primary Service
As stated on memorial
Service (Primary - Stated)
Army (British)
Unit (Primary - Stated)
South Wales Borderers
Rank / Title (Primary - Stated)
Not Stated on the Memorial
Our References
Service (Primary - Our reference)
British Army
Unit (Primary - Our reference)
Machine Gun Corps
Rank / Title (Primary - Our reference)
Private
Death and Burial details
Country of death
France
Country of burial
France
Town of burial
Combles
Cemetery
Guards British Military Cemetery
Year of death
1917
Month of death
January
Day of death
23
Age at death
19
Manner of death as stated
Not Stated on the Memorial
Manner of death reference
Killed in Action
Personal Details
Occupation
Not Stated on Memorial