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222761 Cpl. Thomas James Hammond British Army 3rd Btn. Royal Welsh Fusiliers from:Ashton in Makerfield, Lancashire Thomas James Hammond was my great grandfather. From 4th of August 1914 until 13th Sept 1917 he served as a Private with the 3rd Battalion, Royal Welsh Fusiliers. From the 14th of Sept 1917 until the armistice and worked some clean-up after end of war, he was a Corporal with the 28th Coy. Chinese Labour Corps. He also was injured in action and spent time in hospital. This shrapnel is what eventually led to his leg being amputated and his death in 1957 in Hendon, London, Middlesex, England. After the clean-up duty, he came home from the war and found out about the death of his wife- Julia Bruder from scarlet fever, which she had contracted at the war-end party. I would love to find more information about his duties, war job and his injury! Corporal Chinese Labour Corps Card Injured At War- Hospital Injured At War- Hospital Greggory Daniell Add to this record.    Related Content: 3rd Battalion, Royal Welsh Fusiliers Can you help us to add to our records? Add a record to our website. The names and stories on this website have been submitted by their relatives and friends. If your relations are not listed please add their names so that others can read about them Did your relative live through the Great War? Do you have any photos, newspaper clippings, postcards or letters from that period? Have you researched the names on your local or war memorial? If so please let us know. Do you know the location of a Great War "Roll of Honour?" We are very keen to track down these often forgotten documents and obtain photographs and transcriptions of the names recorded so that they will be available for all to remember. Help us to build a database of information on those who served both at home and abroad so that future generations may learn of their sacrifice. Contact us. Celebrate your own Family History Celebrate by honouring members of your family who served in the Great War both in the forces and at home. We love to hear about the soldiers, but also remember the many who served in support roles, nurses, doctors, land army, muntions workers etc. Please use our Family History resources to find out more about your relatives. Then please send in a short article, with a photo if possible, so that they can be remembered on these pages. The free section of The Wartime Memories Project is run by volunteers. This website is paid for out of our own pockets, library subscriptions and from donations made by visitors. The popularity of the site means that it is far exceeding available resources and we currently have a huge backlog of submissions. If you are enjoying the site, please consider making a donation, however small to help with the costs of keeping the site running. Hosted by: The Wartime Memories Project Website is archived for preservation by the British Library Copyright MCMXCIX - MMXXIV - All Rights Reserved - We do not permit the use of any content from this website for the training of LLMs or for use in Generative AI, it also may not be scraped for the purpose of creating other websites.