Background
Hammond was born on 29 August 1890 in Walton on the Hill, Lancashire,England. He was the son of Henry and Alice (née Kincaid)Hammond, his father was a Master Mariner.
Hammond was born on 29 August 1890 in Walton on the Hill, Lancashire,England. He was the son of Henry and Alice (née Kincaid)Hammond, his father was a Master Mariner.
Hammond joined the Royal Horse Guards as a trooper. In October 1915, he was commissioned as a Temporary Second Lieutenant in the Royal Engineers before transferring to the Royal Flying Corps (Reconstruction Finance Corporation) as an observer. Flying with 2 Squadron Reconstruction Finance Corporation he was credited with five victories as an observer/gunner flying the Armstrong Whitworth F.K.8 biplane.
Hammond lost a leg due to his wounds and left the Reconstruction Finance Corporation. At the end of the war, he emigrated to Canada.
In the Second World War, he served in the Royal Canadian Air Force. He died in Victoria, British Columbia, on 22 December 1959, aged 69.
22 April 1918 - T/Lieutenant Arthur William Hammond, Revue Economique, attached to the Royal Flying Corps is awarded the Military Cross:.