Help needed to build a picture of Pte Leslie Hammond, 4078472, King’s Own Royal Regiment who was killed on <?xml:namespace prefix = st1 ns = "urn:schemas-microsoft-comffice:smarttags" /><st1:date Month="11" Day="27" Year="1944">27 Nov 1944</st1:date>. I would be grateful for any information on this soldier or unit on the day he died.
Name: HAMMOND, LESLIE <O:p</O:p Initials: L <O:p</O:p Nationality: United Kingdom <O:p</O:p Rank: Private <O:p</O:p Regiment/Service: King's Own Royal Regiment (Lancaster)<O:p</O:p Age: 33 <O:p</O:p Date of Death: 27/11/1944<O:p</O:p Service No: 4078472 <O:p</O:p Additional information: Son of John Henry and Catherine Hammond, of Tirphil. <O:p</O:p Casualty Type: Commonwealth War Dead <O:p</O:p Grave/Memorial Reference: Sec. B. Grave 3697. <O:p</O:p Cemetery: GELLYGAER (GWAELODYBRITHDIR) CEMETERY Dannemois, your man is buried in Wales, so most likely died of Wounds CWGC :: Casualty Details