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Military Records · dossier 05

Henry Borgnis Baret Hammond-Chambers

King’s Own officer killed near Bazentin-le-Petit

Publication status

Published with qualification

Collateral · tree supported

Identity and service

What the opened records establish

The Gazette records Temporary Second Lieutenant H. B. B. Hammond-Chambers’s promotion to temporary Lieutenant. IWM and the King’s Own museum identify the full-name officer as a temporary Captain in the 7th Battalion, killed in action near Bazentin-le-Petit on 21 July 1916 and commemorated on the Thiepval Memorial.

Life dates
c. 1885–1916
Service
British Army · King’s Own (Royal Lancaster Regiment)
Rank or role
Temporary Captain
Record period
1914–1916
Service number
Not used in the opened dossier
Evidence confidence
Qualified

Units and formations

  • • 7th Battalion, King’s Own (Royal Lancaster Regiment)

Decorations and distinctions

No decoration is added beyond the opened records.

Name forms in the record

  • • Henry Borgnis Baret Hammond-Chambers
  • • H. B. B. Hammond-Chambers
  • • Henry Borgnis Baret Hammond Chambers
  • • Henry Borgnis Barrett Hammond-Chambers

Service chronology

Dated milestones linked to their evidence

  1. verified01

    Promoted to temporary Lieutenant

    Temporary Second Lieutenant H. B. B. Hammond-Chambers, 7th Battalion King’s Own, was promoted to temporary Lieutenant.

    The London GazetteImperial War Museums · Lives of the First World War
  2. verified02

    Recorded as temporary Captain

    The King’s Own roll of honour records him as Temporary Captain in the 7th Battalion.

    King’s Own Royal Regiment MuseumImperial War Museums · Lives of the First World War
  3. verified03

    Killed in action

    Regimental and IWM records place his death near Bazentin-le-Petit and commemorate him on the Thiepval Memorial.

    King’s Own Royal Regiment MuseumImperial War Museums · Lives of the First World War

Archival references

Identifiers and source register

Institutional profileOfficer index 1872

King’s Own officers index H

King’s Own Royal Regiment Museum · accessed 2026-07-20

Archived HTTPS snapshot used because the live museum URL is HTTP-only and the HTTPS endpoint presents an invalid TLS certificate. The index spells the middle name Barrett; Baret remains the preferred form used by IWM.

King’s Own Royal Regiment Museum · King’s Own officers index H
Genealogical connectormyheritage-robert-sharp-family

Robert Hammond-Chambers family-tree search results

MyHeritage · accessed 2026-07-20

Public family-tree search results used only as community genealogy; the listed sibling and parent-child connectors still require independent civil-record confirmation.

MyHeritage · Robert Hammond-Chambers family-tree search results
Genealogical connectormyheritage-john-arnold-family

John Hammond-Chambers family-tree search results

MyHeritage · accessed 2026-07-20

Public family-tree search results support the reported parent-child and sibling route but are not a primary civil certificate.

MyHeritage · John Hammond-Chambers family-tree search results

Claims not carried into this dossier

  • Exact birth date and resolution of the 1885/1886 year difference
  • Primary civil record for the sibling connector

Publication and rights boundaries

Claim boundary: Military identity and death are institutionally supported. The relationship wording is family-tree supported and should not be presented as primary civil-record proof.

Rights boundary: Institutional catalogue entries do not grant reproduction rights for any linked record image or portrait.

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