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246545 Pte. Lionel Gooderham Hammond British Army 28th (1st Artists Rifles) Btn. London Regiment from:Wembley Hill (d.30th October 1917) Lionel Hammond was born in 1893 in Stevington, Bedfordshire son of Robert Thomas and Amelia Hammond, of The Bedford Arms Hotel, Woburn, Bedfordshire. He lived in Wembley Hill and enlisted in Shorditch with the 1st/28th (Artists' Rifles) Battalion, London Regiment. He was killed in action on 30th October 1917 aged 25 years during the 2nd Battle of Passcehendaele (3rd Battle of Ypres). The Roll of Honour for the Regiment shows that over 150 men from his Battalion were killed or injured on the same day. He has no known grave and is commemorated on the Tyne Cot Memorial. He is remembered on the War Memorial in Woburn, Bedfordshire which stands next to the hotel his parents were running. A pupil of of Bedford Modern School 1905-08, commemorated on the School War Memorial, which was unveiled in 1923 and in the Roll of Honour, published in The Eagle, December 1923. Information courtesy of www.roll-of-honour.com Please type your message:      We recommend you copy the text about this item and keep a copy on your own computer before pressing submit. Your Name:             Email Address:       @ **Please put first part of your email, (before the @ sign) in the first box, and the second part in the second box. Do not include @, it is automatic. Do not enter your full email in each box or add an @ sign or random spaces.**