Was born in Croydon, studied at Croydon School of Art (1929-34), then at the Royal College of Art (1934-8), in the pottery department under William Staite Murray. In 1946, and after attending a two-week summer school led by Bernard Leach, he establish a pottery studio at Runwick House, Hampshire, and in 1948 a pottery at Bentley, Hampshire (known as the Oast Pottery).

This he shared with Paul Barron. From 1946 to 1979 Hammond was also a teacher in and subsequently head of the ceramics department at Farnham School of Art (now the Surrey Institute of Art and Design University College). His work comprised finely brush-decorated thrown forms in stoneware and was exhibited periodically. He retired in 1980 and was appointed MBE.

He died in 1986.