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VC355 Sir Arthur George Hammond
BORN 28 September 1843
DIED 20 April 1919 AGE 75
VC Won 14 December 1879 AGE 36
Place VC Won Asmai Heights
War/Campaign Second Afghan War, Afghanistan
Name Sir Arthur George Hammond No.
VC Issue No. 355 Awards VC KCB DSO
Regiment Indian Army, Bengal Staff Corps/ Corps of Guides
Later
Now The Guides Cavalry (Frontier Force) Pakistan Army
Rank VC Won Captain
Rank End Of Career Brigadier-General
Place Of Birth Dawlish, Devon, England
Place Of Death Camberley, Surrey, England
Buried/Location Ashes St Michael's Churchyard, London Road, Camberley, Surrey
Cremated
Date Buried/Cremated
Headstone Headstone Plot/Grave no.
Gazetted 18 October 1881
VC Presented 1 December 1881 by Queen Victoria at Windsor Castle, Berkshire, England
Memorials
P Headstone, St Michael's Churchyard, London Road, Camberley, Surrey
P Named on Victoria Cross memorial, Sherbourne School, Dorset
By The Way…
He retired with the rank of Brigadier-General
VC Held By
The Lord Ashcroft collection I.W.M
