Captain Floyd Douglas MacDonald Hammond

Born on 3 October 1886 in Peterborough, Ontario - husband of Elsie Wilson Hammond (nee Kohl of Brantford, Ontario), Brantford, Ontario - educated at Trinity College School in Port Hope, Ontario - at the time of his enlistment in 1915: present address in Brantford, Ontario, trade as banker with the Bank of Montreal, Church of England, currently a member of the 14th Prince of Wales Own Regiment, no previous military service.

Qualified for a commission at the School of Infantry, Barriefield Camp, Ontario, on 1 August 1915.

Joined the 77th Battalion, CEF, in Ottawa, Ontario, as a Lieutenant and platoon commander on 25 August 1915 - sailed overseas on 19 June 1916 - taken on the strength of the 38th Battalion, CEF, in England as a Lieutenant on 7 July 1916 - landed in France with the 38th Battalion on 13 August 1916 - invalided sick to England on 17 January 1917 - seconded to the 3rd Canadian Command Depot from 19 May 1917 - seconded as the adjutant of the 3rd Canadian Command Depot from 12 January to 6 December 1918 - promoted to Captain during that period - repatriated to Canada on 30 December 1918.

(sources: Library and Archives Canada (www.collectionscanada.gc.ca), online attestation papers; Canadian War Museum, 19740281-001, Manu 58F 2 3, 207th Canadian Infantry Battalion and 38th Canadian Infantry Battalion, Nominal Roll; The Cameron Highlanders of Ottawa Regimental Museum, A400-0007, Master Personnel List for the 38th Canadian Infantry Battalion, Canadian Expeditionary Force; Anonymous, An Historical Sketch of the Seventy-Seventh Battalion Canadian Expeditionary Force (Ottawa: War Publications Limited, 1926), p.49)