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Sergeant CHARLES WILLIAM HANCOCK

Service Number: 909505
Regiment & Unit/Ship

Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve

49 Sqdn.

Date of Death

Died 26 June 1941

Age 23 years old

Buried or commemorated at

KIEL WAR CEMETERY

3. C. 2.

Germany

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  • Country of Service United Kingdom
  • Additional Info Son of John William and Mary Elizabeth Hancock; husband of Ivy Irene Hancock, of Old Fletton, Peterborough, Northamptonshire.
  • Personal Inscription GREATER LOVE HATH NO MAN THAN THIS, THAT A MAN LAY DOWN HIS LIFE FOR HIS FRIENDS
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Buried or commemorated at

KIEL WAR CEMETERY
Schleswig-Holstein Germany
Number of casualties: 993
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