Remembering Today Casualty Private HAMMOND, WILLIAM EARL Service Number B/51560 Died 15/06/1944 Aged 24 Royal Canadian Infantry Corps Son of Stanley and Violet Louisa Hammond, of Toronto, Ontario, Canada. INSCRIPTION DEAR BROTHER OF DOUGLAS, STANLEY AND OLIVE. LOVED AND REMEMBERED ALWAYS Buried at BROOKWOOD MILITARY CEMETERY Location: Surrey, United Kingdom Number of casualties: 5626 Cemetery/memorial reference: 54. F. 10.
The army lorry in which he was a passenger crashed into a house and overturned. Cause of death was a fractured skull. He had just been given permission to marry the day before.
Canada, WWII Service Files of War Dead, 1939-1947: Name: William Earl Hammond Birth Date: 1 Feb 1920 Birth Place: Bristol, England Residence Place: Toronto, Ontario, Canada Death Date: 15 Jun 1944 Service Number: B51560 Regiment: Royal Canadian Infantry Corps Rank: Private Next of Kin: Violet Hammond Relationship: Mother Marriages Sep 1919 Hammond, Stanley - Willis - Edmonton - 3a 1669 Willis , Violet L - Hammond - Edmonton - 3a 1669 Births Hammond, William E - Willis - Bristol - Mar 1920 Ontario, Canada, Deaths and Deaths Overseas, 1869-1946: Name: William Earl Hammond Age: 24 Birth Date: abt 1920 Birth Place: England Death Date: 15 Jun 1944 Death Place: England Cause of Death: Fracture of The Vault of The Skull
