Captain Edward Hammond

A Leading Seaman with H.M.S. Europa. Captain died on 22nd of March 1943 at the age of 25. 

Captain was born at Wenhaston in 1917, a son of Captain George Hammond and Florence Hammond. In 1921 his family lived at The Smear, Reydon, Suffolk. 

Captain married Joan Sybil Keeler at Lowestoft in 1937. In 1939 they lived at 28 Windsor Road and Captain worked as a general labourer.

Captain died at the Royal Naval Hospital Chatham. He had been suffering from cancer and pneumonia.