Orders, Decorations, Medals and Militaria

Four: Captain C. Hammond, Indian Army, late Royal Sussex Regiment

1914-15 Star (8092 Sjt. C. Hammond. R. Suss. R.); British War and Victory Medals (1-8092 C. Sjt. C. Hammond R. Suss. R.); Delhi Durbar 1911, silver (8092 Cpl C Hammond R S R) impressed naming, edge nick to BWM, very fine (4) £100-£140

Charles Hammond is confirmed on the Delhi Durbar 1911 roll, the entry stating that he performed Civil Police Railway Duty while serving with the Royal Sussex Regiment. He served during the Great War initially with the 1st Battalion, Royal Sussex Regiment in the rank of Sergeant on the Hafiz Frontier, India from August 1915, subsequently transferring to the Devonshire Regiment. His Medal Index Card shows him later serving as a Captain and placed on the Indian Unattached List.

Note: A Captain (Deputy Commissary) Charles Hammond, Indian Army Corps of Clerks was awarded the M.B.E. (Military Division) in the King’s Birthday Honours list in 1938, although it is not known if this is the same man as the above.