Arthur William Hammond

Lieutenant Arthur William Hammond was an English World War I flying ace credited with five aerial victories as an observer/gunner.

[2] Arthur Hammond was married twice – first to Nellie Grant of Winnipeg in 1927 and later in life as a widower to longtime friend Dorothy Wardrop (née Williams) in 1956.

Whilst attacking hostile troops at about 500 feet he was encountered by eight triplanes, which dived from all directions, firing their front guns.

The pilot, although wounded five times, with great skill and coolness managed to climb to the left hand bottom plane and controlled the machine from the side of the fuselage, side-slipping to the ground.

The machine crashed in "No Man's Land," and the pilot managed to extricate him from the flames and dragged him to a shell-hole, from which they were rescued by the infantry.See also Aerial victory standards of World War I

Photograph of the medals awarded to Lieutenant Arthur William Hammond during the first and second world war.