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Private JOHN HANCOCK

Service Number: 946
Regiment & Unit/Ship

Newfoundland Regiment

1st Bn.

Date of Death

Died 01 July 1916

Age 18 years old

Buried or commemorated at

Y RAVINE CEMETERY, BEAUMONT-HAMEL

Sp. Mem. F. 6.

France

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  • Country of Service Canadian
  • Additional Info Son of Joseph and Amelia Hancock, of Goose Cove, Treaty Shore, Newfoundland. Born at Jamestown, Bonavista Bay.
  • Personal Inscription THEIR GLORY SHALL NOT BE BLOTTED OUT
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Buried or commemorated at

Y RAVINE CEMETERY, BEAUMONT-HAMEL
Somme France
Number of casualties: 428
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