Pattern Type Calibration

I wrote a template class for a circular buffer:

template <class T> class CRingBuffer { /* ... */ };

Some of the operations performed by this class depend on an accurate size estimate T. This seems to work fine if T- BYTE(i.e. sizeof(T) == 1, check). However, when I try to use the same class, where T- DWORD, for some reason it sizeof(T)evaluates to 16. The last time I checked, the double word is 4 bytes, not 16. Does anyone know why this happens? Thank.

ADDITIONAL INFORMATION

I cannot publish all the code because of its proprietary nature, but here is the class declaration and function definition:

template <class T> class CRingBuffer
{
#pragma pack( push , 1 )                // align on a 1-byte boundary

typedef struct BUFFER_FLAGS_tag
{
    T * pHead;                          // Points to next buffer location to write
    T * pTail;                          // Points to next buffer location to read
    BOOL blFull;                        // Indicates whether buffer is full.
    BOOL blEmpty;                       // Indicates whether buffer is empty.
    BOOL blOverrun;                     // Indicates buffer overrun.
    BOOL blUnderrun;                    // Indicates buffer underrun.
    DWORD dwItemCount;                  // Buffer item count.
} BUFFER_FLAGS, *LPBUFFER_FLAGS;

#pragma pack( pop )                     // end 1-byte boundary alignment

    // Private member variable declarations
private:
    T * m_pBuffer;                      // Buffer location in system memory
    T * m_pStart;                       // Buffer start location in system memory
    T * m_pEnd;                         // Buffer end location in system memory
    BUFFER_FLAGS m_tFlags;              // Buffer flags.
    DWORD m_dwCapacity;                 // The buffer capacity.

    // CRingBuffer
public:
    CRingBuffer( DWORD items = DEFAULT_BUF_SIZE );
    ~CRingBuffer();

    // Public member function declarations
public:
    DWORD Add( T * pItems, DWORD num = 1, LPDWORD pAdded = NULL );
    DWORD Peek( T * pBuf, DWORD num = -1, DWORD offset = 0, LPDWORD pWritten = NULL );
    DWORD Delete( DWORD num, LPDWORD pDeleted = NULL );
    DWORD Remove( T * pBuf, DWORD num = 1, LPDWORD pRemoved = NULL );
    void Flush( void );
    DWORD GetItemCount( void );
    BYTE GetErrorStatus( void );

    // Private member function declarations
private:
    void IncrementHead( LPBUFFER_FLAGS pFlags = NULL );
    void IncrementTail( LPBUFFER_FLAGS pFlags = NULL );
};

template <class T> void CRingBuffer<T>::IncrementHead( LPBUFFER_FLAGS pFlags )
{
    ASSERT(this->m_pBuffer != NULL);
    ASSERT(this->m_pStart != NULL);
    ASSERT(this->m_pEnd != NULL);
    ASSERT(this->m_tFlags.pHead != NULL);
    ASSERT(this->m_tFlags.pTail != NULL);

    pFlags = ( pFlags == NULL ) ? &(this->m_tFlags) : pFlags;

    // Verify overrun condition is not set.
    if ( pFlags->blOverrun == FALSE )
    {
        pFlags->pHead += sizeof(T); // increament buffer head pointer
        pFlags->blUnderrun = FALSE; // clear underrun condition

        // Correct for wrap condition.
        if ( pFlags->pHead == this->m_pEnd )
        {
            pFlags->pHead = this->m_pStart;
        }

        // Check for overrun.
        if ( pFlags->pHead == pFlags->pTail )
        {
            pFlags->blOverrun = TRUE;
        }
    }
}

The problem described above occurs when the pFlags->pHead += sizeof(T);of IncrementHead.