Major Philip Hamond DSO & Bar MC (1 May 1883 – 29 July 1953) was a decorated British Army officer who played a prominent part in the downfall of the Rector of Stiffkey.
He was the eldest son of Charles Annesley and Mary Augusta Hamond, of Twyford Hall, East Dereham.
He was commissioned in the 4th (Militia) Battalion of the Norfolk Regiment, and served in the Second Boer War where he was dangerously wounded at the Battle of Rooiwal in early April 1902.
He was also, on 23 April 1902, commissioned as a second lieutenant in the Royal Warwickshire Regiment, nominated by the General Officer Commanding-in-Chief, South Africa.
[7] In 1918 he was sent to the US as British Liaison Officer to teach tank warfare at Camp Colt, Pennsylvania with Major Dwight D.
In 1930, Davidson missed the Remembrance Day service; Hamond was furious and accused the priest of insulting the war dead.
Local legend states that Hamond received many letters from sympathisers paying part of his fine and that one enclosed a packet of hobnails with a request that he put those into the soles of his boots for next time.