British War Medal. Capt. M. Hammond. East Kent Regiment. EF

Captain Martin Hammond was a scholar of Westminster and was promoted Captain in the 7^th battalion of The Buffs July 2^nd, 1916. He had served in France from July 1915 and took part in the capture of Trones Wood on July 14^th, 1916, M.I.D. L.G. 13.11.1915. Russian Order of St Stanislas with swords. 

Brother Captain Paul Hammond, East Lancashire Regiment (M.H.1899- 1903) died of wounds on February 25^th, 1916.

 Brother Lieutenant Leonard Hammond 10^th Battalion Duke of Wellington (West Riding Regiment) Killed in Action, near Albert, July 5^th, 1916, age 27.

After his second brother was killed, he was recalled to England in July 1916 and was on November 1^st, 1916, transferred to the General List and appointed Staff Captain to a brigade in England. From March 1918 he was Staff Captain at H.Q. Southern Command.