St Vincent Charles Farrant Hammick**

Rank:	Gentleman Cadet
Street:
Townland:	Moor
Town/Village:	Ardagh
Civil Parish:	Ardagh
Catholic Parish:	Ardagh
Country:
Alternative Address:	St Lawrence Road, Clontarf; 3 Palace Street, Drogheda
Census 1901:	Resident with family in Drogheda www.census.nationalarchives.ie/pages/1901/Louth/Drogheda_Town/Palace_Street/1566635/
Census 1911:	Residing with his uncle, Rev Morgan Hammick, at Ardagh www.census.nationalarchives.ie/pages/1911/Longford/Ardagh_West/Moor/650369/
Regiment/Unit:	Royal Military College, Sandhurst
Regiment Number:	N/A
Date of Death:	06-03-1917
Cause:	Meningitis, Royal Military College, Sandhurst, No 551
Memorial:	Sandhurst Royal Military Academy Cemetery, U.K.
Information:	St Vincent was born in Clontarf on the 2 Nov 1895 to his Cape Colony (South Africa)-born parents, Charles HW Hammick and his wife Alice Williams. Charles was a teacher of mathematics and a Reverend in the Holy Orders (Church of Ireland); he was the Rector of Duleek by 1917. St Vincent later lived with his uncle and aunt, Rev Morgan Hammick in Ardagh, Co. Longford prior to studying at Trinity College Dublin. During his time at Trinity, was St Vincent was part of the Motor Transport Section of TCD Officer Training Corps, and subsequently held a munitions appointment before he entered the Royal Miltiary Academy at Sandhurst. He unfortunately became ill likely with cerebral meningitis (newspaper reports stated measles) during his time at Sandhurst and died as a result of the infection.
Parents Names:	Son of Charles H.W. Hammick and Alice M (née Williams), Duleek, Co. Louth.
Notes:	Included on Ireland's Great War Dead database: www.irelandsgreatwardead.ie
Links:	Link to Civil Record of Birth (ensure web address ends in .pdf); Officers in the Casualty Lists, Irish Independent 10 Mar 1917; Lives of the First World War entry; TCD Roll of Honour;