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{{Short description|British Indian Army general (1892–1982)}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=April 2022}}
{{Infobox military person
|name= Arthur Hammond
|image=
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|birth_date= {{birth date|1892|10|16|df=yes}}
|birth_place= [[Kensington]], London
|death_date= {{death date and age|1982|01|15|1892|10|16|df=yes}}
|death_place= [[Bournemouth]], Dorset
|allegiance= United Kingdom
|branch= [[British Army]] [[British Indian Army]]
|rank= [[Major-general (United Kingdom)|Major General]]
|serviceyears= 1911–1947
|unit=
|commands= Lucknow District (1944–45) [[23rd Indian Infantry Brigade]] (1941–43) [[Guides Cavalry]] (1936–38)
|battles= [[First World War]] [[Second World War]]
|awards= [[Companion of the Order of the Bath]] [[Distinguished Service Order]] [[Mentioned in Despatches]]
|relations= [[Arthur George Hammond|Sir Arthur Hammond]] (father)
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[[Major-general (United Kingdom)|Major General]] '''Arthur Verney Hammond''' {{post-nominals|size=100%|sep=,|CB|DSO}} (16 October 1892 – 15 January 1982) was a senior officer of the [[British Indian Army]] during the [[Second World War]].

==Early life==
Hammond was born in [[Kensington]], the son of [[Arthur George Hammond|Sir Arthur Hammond]], a [[British Army]] officer and recipient of the [[Victoria Cross]], and Edith Jane Wright.<ref>'Hammond, Arthur Verney' in [http://unithistories.com/units_index/default.asp?file=../officers/personsx.html ''Indian Army Officers 1939–1945''] at unithistories.com, accessed 21 August 2015</ref> He was educated at [[Wellington College, Berkshire]], before attending the [[Royal Military College, Sandhurst]].

==Military career==
On 6 September 1911 he commissioned onto the Unattached List for the Indian Army, before serving for a year with the [[Queen's Own Royal West Kent Regiment]].<ref>{{London Gazette|issue=28528|date=5 September 1911|page=6553}}</ref> On 3 December 1912 he joined his Indian regiment, [[Queen Victoria's Own Corps of Guides]].<ref>{{London Gazette|issue=28792|date=13 January 1914|page=341}}</ref> During the [[First World War]], Hammond served on the North West Frontier between 1915 and 1916, before serving with the Mesopotamia Expeditionary Force in the [[Mesopotamian campaign]] from 1917 to 1919, during which he [[mentioned in despatches]].<ref>{{London Gazette|issue=30199|date=24 July 1917|page=7487}}</ref> He then served in North West Persia from 1920 to 1921, later attending the [[Pakistan Command and Staff College|Staff College, Quetta]], from 1925 to 1926, before returning to India, where he became Brigade Major in 1928. In 1936 he became Commanding Officer of The Guides Cavalry, holding the position until 1938.<ref>'Hammond, Arthur Verney' in [http://unithistories.com/units_index/default.asp?file=../officers/personsx.html ''Indian Army Officers 1939–1945''] at unithistories.com, accessed 21 August 2015</ref>

At the beginning of the Second World War, he was working as a [[staff officer]] at the [[War Office]] in London. In 1940 he returned to duties in India and in August 1941 Hammond became commander of the [[23rd Indian Infantry Brigade]], seeing action in the [[Japanese conquest of Burma]]. In June 1942 the brigade was re-designated as the 123rd Indian Infantry Brigade. He led the brigade during the [[Burma Campaign]] until November 1943, when he was awarded the [[Distinguished Service Order]].<ref>{{London Gazette|issue=36287|date=14 December 1943|page=5473|supp=y}}</ref> In 1943 he made an [[aide-de-camp]] to [[George VI]]. In June 1944 Hammond was appointed a [[Companion of the Order of the Bath]] and took up the position of Commander, Lucknow District, which he held until October 1945.<ref>{{London Gazette|issue=36544|date=2 June 1944|page=2567|supp=y}}</ref> On 20 January 1947 he retired from the army with the rank of major general.

==Personal life==
Hammond married firstly Mary Ellen Eaton, the daughter of Rev. Thomas Eaton, in 1919. They had two daughters, but divorced in 1946. He married secondly Edythe Boyes Cooper in 1947.<ref>'Hammond, Arthur Verney' in [http://unithistories.com/units_index/default.asp?file=../officers/personsx.html ''Indian Army Officers 1939–1945''] at unithistories.com, accessed 21 August 2015</ref>

In retirement he lived in Dorset, where he died in 1982.<ref>'Hammond, Arthur Verney' in [http://unithistories.com/units_index/default.asp?file=../officers/personsx.html ''Indian Army Officers 1939–1945''] at unithistories.com, accessed 21 August 2015</ref>

==References==
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==External links==
*[http://www.unithistories.com/officers/IndianArmy_officers_H01.html#Hammond_AV Indian Army Officers 1939−1945]
*[https://generals.dk/general/Hammond/Arthur_Verney/Great_Britain/1.html Generals of World War II]

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