Quarter Master Captain Richard Vincent (Dickie) Hammond was born at Wynburg, South Africa and was the son of Mr and mrs W.H. Hammond of The Oaks, Hawbrook, near Ewsworth. He was a clerk by trade. Richard enlisted into the Sherwood Foresters on the 18th September 1915 with the number 31088 at the age of 18 years. He joined the 3rd Battalion on the 5th October 1915 and served with “D” Coy in France between the 27th March 1918 to the 28th October 1918. 

He transferred to the 1st Battalion The Royal Lincolnshire Regiment on the 13th May 1918 with the number 52209 as a Sergeant. He transferred to the 3rd Battalion The Royal Lincolnshire Regiment on the 29th October 1918. 

On the 8th March 1919, he transferred to The Sherwood Foresters Depot in Derby. On the 26th March 1919, he transferred to the 2nd Battalion The Sherwood Foresters with his old number 31088 as Sergeant. He was an instructor of Musketry and on the 7th February 1921, he transferred to the Army Education Corps attached to the 2nd Battalion and served with the number 4961924. On the 21st September 1922, he served with the 2nd Battalion Sherwood Foresters.  

On the 1st September 1933, he was on strength with the 2nd Battalion and was with “H.Q” Coy. He became Warrant Officer Class 2  Regimental Quartermaster Sergeant in 1935 and was discharged on the 17th September 1938. On the 24th May 1939, he became Lieutenant and Quartermaster of the 2/5th Battalion and W.S Captain on the 1st November 1942. Between April 1946 and September 1946, he served in a Prisoner of War Camp. Between September to November 1946, he was with the 5th Infantry Holding Battalion and between November 1946 and May 1947, he was at the Primary Training Centre. Between May 1947 to November 1948, he was Quartermaster of the 5th West Yorkshire Regiment and he retired to Reserve on the 30th September 1952. He sadly died on the 7th February 1985.