tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1746981197830565274.post7048726285083672136..comments2024-03-29T06:15:50.583+00:00Comments on Eton Wick History: C.W. HAMMERTON QUEEN VICTORIA RIFLES Steve Denhamhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07788605340419796324noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1746981197830565274.post-31402793423895944132022-11-02T19:32:08.184+00:002022-11-02T19:32:08.184+00:00My grandpa was in hill 60 and first of July battle...My grandpa was in hill 60 and first of July battle of the Somme he got wounded as one of the first over as a bomber he was to throw at the machine gun posts before main body came over he came round and it was in the dark heard noses clawed his way and caked out they started shouting at him so reloaded they are German crawled his way in other direction and convinced the guard in the trench he was British and they taken through communication trench full of casualties to medical station at the rear Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1746981197830565274.post-6863323047369901392022-08-07T01:23:21.047+01:002022-08-07T01:23:21.047+01:00C.W. Hammerton enlisted with the Queen Victoria Ri...C.W. Hammerton enlisted with the Queen Victoria Rifles in September 1915 as Rifleman #5335, being assigned to its 3rd (Reserve) Battalion for training in England. He was transferred with a reinforcement draft to the Regiment's 1st Battalion on the Western Front around March 1916, and served with it until his death in action on the Somme. Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com