2720725 Lance-Corporal Walter Edward HAMMOND, 1 Irish Guards: POW

Date of Enlistment: 1940
Army Number: 2720725
Rank: Lance-Corporal
Name: Walter Edward HAMMOND
Unit: 1 Irish Guards


Date of Birth: 12 January 1920
Place of Birth: Grimsby
Residences: 121 Nelson Street, Grimsby, Lincolnshire, as of 8 June 1945

Date of Capture: 4 February 1944
Place of Capture: Anzio, Italy

POW Number: 55119
POW Camps: Stalag VIIIB, Stalag VA

 

Army Number: 2720725
Rank: Lance-Corporal
Name: W HAMMOND
Unit: 1 Irish Guards
Theatre: Italy
Missing Personnel file: 1st Battalion IRISH GUARDS - Italy, Missing Personnel file
TNA Reference: WO 361/784
Notes: Missing, POW announced by Rome radio 4 February 1944
Location as of 8 Jun 1945: 121 Nelson Street, Grimsby, Lincs.

 

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Reference: WO 416/160/95
Name: Walter Edward Hammond.
Date of Birth: 12/1/1920.
Place of Birth: Grimsby.
Service: British Army.
Rank: Lance Corporal.
Regiment/Unit/Squadron: [Irish Guards].
Service Number: 2720725.
Date of Capture: 04 February 1944.
Theatre of Capture: Anzio.
Camp Name/Number: Stalag VA Ludwigsburg.
PoW number: 55119.
Date of Death: [unspecified].
Number of Photographs: 1.
Number of Fingerprints: 1.
Number of X-rays: 0.
Number of Cards: 3.