| Surname: | Hammond |
| Initials: | D H |
| Rank: | Sergeant |
| Army Number: | 5932591 |
| Notes: | CMP. He enlisted in to the Cambridgeshire Regt. TA, transferred to CMP. 19/9/46 to discharge. Previously served in the Suffolk Regt, then the 1 Cambridgeshire Regt, No. 5932591, L/Cpl, from 16/3/34 to 14/2/38. Extracts from Army Record:- 5/9/16 he was born at Bury St. Edmunds, Suffolk, 19/5/42 enlisted, 18/12/34 he married Lilian Gwendoline Allison at New Market, Suffolk, occupation Police Officer, residence Ipswich, Suffolk. 17/8/42 with 78 Div Pro Coy, 9/9/44 Allied Army Italy,m 8/3/45 with 78 Section SIB, 9/8/46 with HQ SIB. Served Home 19/5/42, W (T) reserve 20/5/42 to 28/5/42, Home 29/5/42 to 13/10/42, North Africa 14/10/42 to 16/7/44, MEF 17/7/44 to 8/9/44, A A I 9/4/44 to 9/7/46. Home 10/7/46, 29/12/46 to class Z (T) reserve. 29/12/48 He was awarded the 1939-45 Star, Africa Star with 1 army clasp, Italy Star, Defence Medal, War Medal. Address:- 48 Grange Road, Ipswich, Suffolk. & Balham Villa, Granby Street, Newmarket, Suffolk. Douglas Haig Hammond. |