DOUGLAS JAMES HAMMOND
Douglas is not remembered on the war memorial at Christchurch Park.
Born: 3rd April 1917, Ipswich.
Died: 7th June 1944; age: 27; KiA.
Residence: 28, Windrush Road, Kesgrave, Suffolk.
Occupation: Engraver Improver.
Rank: Private; Service Number: 5829771.
Regiment: Suffolk Regiment, 2nd Battalion.
The body was buried on the 7th June 1944. On the 29th December 1944, the body was exhumed, identified by a cross marking the grave and reburied at Imphal War Cemetery, India.
Grave Reference:
4.F.2.
Imphal,
India.
Relatives Notified & Address: Son of Walter James Hammond & Louisa Hammond; husband of Myrtle Violet Hammond, of Tunstall, Suffolk.
Father: Walter James Henry Hammond, born April 1891, Ashbocking, Suffolk.
Mother: Gertrude Louisa Hammond (nee Daldry), born March 1897, Ipswich.
CENSUS
1921 53, Commercial Road, Ipswich.
Douglas Hammond was 4 years & 2 months old and lived with his parents.
Walter Hammond, 30 years & 2 months old, a Milkman – Rounds for Mr. Lane, a Farmer of Witnesham, Suffolk.
Gertrude Hammond, 24 years & 1 month old, Home Duties.
ENGLAND and WALES REGISTER 1939
Douglas was employed as an engraver improver. His parents lived with him at his home – 28, Windrush Road, Kesgrave, Suffolk.
Walter Hammond, a General Labourer.
Gertrude Hammond, unpaid Domestic Duties.
In 1941, Tunstall, Suffolk, Douglas married Myrtle Violet Bailey, born 1920, Tunstall, Suffolk – daughter of George Bailey, a horseman – employer, and Ethel Eliza Bailey (nee Catchpole), of Orford Road, Tunstall.
Douglas is remembered on the war memorial at Kesgrave, Suffolk.
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