Sidney Charles Hammond 1881 - 1917

The child of John Hammond and Mary Standing (a lodge house keeper), Sidney Hammond, the third cousin twice-removed on the father's side of Nigel Horne, was born in Folkestone, Kent, England on 24 Jun 18811,2,3,4. He was married to Mary Standing. On 5 Apr 1891, he was living at Richmond Street, Folkestone7.

He died on 4 Oct 1917 in Passchendaele, Belgium3,4,5,6 and is buried at Zonnebeke, Ypres, West Flanders, Belgium5. He served in the military in Western European Theatre.

Citations

1. 1901 England Census Online publication - Provo, UT, USA: The Generations Network, Inc., 2005.Original data - Census Returns of England and Wales, 1901. Kew, Surrey, England: The National Archives of the UK (TNA): Public Record Office (PRO), 1901. Data imaged from the National
2. England & Wales, FreeBMD Birth Index, 1837-1915 Online publication - Provo, UT, USA: The Generations Network, Inc., 2006.Original data - General Register Office. England and Wales Civil Registration Indexes. London, England: General Register Office. © Crown copyright. Published by permission of the Cont
3. UK, De Ruvigny's Roll of Honour, 1914-1919 Ancestry.com Operations, Inc.
4. UK, Soldiers Died in the Great War, 1914-1919 Online publication - Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 2008.Original data - British and Irish Military Databases. The Naval and Military Press Ltd.Original data: British and Irish Military Databases. The Naval and Military PressLtd.
5. Global, Find A Grave Index for Non-Burials, Burials at Sea, and other Select Burial Locations, 1300s-Current Ancestry.com Operations, Inc.
6. UK, Army Registers of Soldiers' Effects, 1901-1929 Ancestry.com Operations, Inc.
7. 1891 England, Wales & Scotland Census - Findmypast (was age 9 and the son of the head of the household)

To be done

Country not included in country, or misspelt country 'Western European Theatre'

The census for year 1901 has been cited, but its information has not been used as a residence

Location for the event on Oct 1914 is empty