Eric D. B. Hammersley

MaleMay 1930–May 1957

Brief Life History of Eric D. B.

When Eric D. B. Hammersley was born in May 1930, in Croydon, Surrey, England, United Kingdom, his father, Archibald Ernest Hammersley, was 33 and his mother, Edith Dorothy Locke Andrews, was 33. He died in May 1957, in Bromley, Kent, England, United Kingdom, at the age of 27.

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Archibald Ernest Hammersley
1897–1981
Edith Dorothy Locke Andrews
1896–1975
Eric D. B. Hammersley
1930–1957

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    World Events (3)

    1939 · Britain Enters World War II

    Age 9

    Britain entered the Second World War as war was declared on Germany on September 3, 1939. World War II came to an end after the Americans dropped an atomic bomb on Hiroshima, which killed 140,000 people. Less than a week later, the Japanese surrendered and the war officially ended on August 15, 1945.

    1940

    Age 10

    Winston Churchill becomes prime minister. British fighter pilots repel German air attacks in the Battle of Britain. London and other cities badly damaged in German bombing raids.

    1945

    Age 15

    The UK becomes a permanent member of the UN Security Council.

    Name Meaning

    English (Staffordshire): probably a habitational name from Ombersley (Worcestershire), which is recorded as Ambresley in the 12th century. Alternatively, perhaps a nickname from a Middle English descendant of Old English hamor-slege ‘hammer blow’; compare sweord-slege ‘sword stroke’.

    Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.

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