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    Jul 08, 2021 3 minutes

    Pride of Ghana

    WWII veteran and Covid-19 fundraiser Joseph Ashitey Hammond has launched a new non-profit foundation that commemorates Ghana’s military history and organises community projects

    Popularly known as Private Hammond, Joseph Ashitey Hammond is a 96-year-old Ghanaian WWII veteran who served with the British Fourteenth Army in Burma. A mechanic in the Gold Coast Regiment, Hammond was one of approximately 100,000 Africans who fought for the British Empire during the war and personally saw extensive action against the Japanese. Hammond made headlines in 2020 when he raised over £40,000 for charity during the Covid-19 pandemic.

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