Hi
I've posted about Hammond before with little luck, but a while back I came in contact with a cousin who suggested that he went to Canada and did all right for himself.
What I know about him is
born in Goudhurst, Kent in 1880
Parents James Johnson and and Frances Radcliffe Norrington
Occupation - saddler (very much the family profession)
1901 he is in South Africa for the Boar War.
He married Ellen Caroline Campion in 12 Dec 1908
There only child Leslie Norrington Wyatt Johnson was born 24 Sep 1909 (My Grandfather)
All 3 of them are living in Gillingham Kent in the 1911 Census[
My Grandad didn't remember his dad, so I'm guessing he must have left before the first world war. No indication that he joined up but it's possible. (I think my Grandad would have know if he had, as he new his paternal grandad)
Link to Previous posting re hammond
http://www.rootschat.com/forum/index.php/topic,205803.msg2467263.html#msg2467263