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Guardsman WILLIAM SAMUEL HANCOCK

Service Number: 2612299
Regiment & Unit/Ship

Grenadier Guards

5th Bn.

Date of Death

Died 03 November 1944

Age 33 years old

Buried or commemorated at

CASTIGLIONE SOUTH AFRICAN CEMETERY

II, A, 13.

Italy

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  • Country of Service United Kingdom
  • Additional Info Son of Arthur and Ann Minnie Hancock; husband of Phyllis Catherine Hancock, of Sandy, Bedfordshire.
  • Personal Inscription IN A GARDEN OF BEAUTIFUL MEMORIES WE MEET EVERY DAY. HIS LOVING WIFE
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Buried or commemorated at

CASTIGLIONE SOUTH AFRICAN CEMETERY
Italy
Number of casualties: 502
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