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Serjeant CHARLES ROBERT HANCOCK

Service Number: 534087
Regiment & Unit/Ship

Royal Army Medical Corps

4th London Field Amb.

Date of Death

Died 08 April 1918

Age 37 years old

Buried or commemorated at

HERISSART COMMUNAL CEMETERY

A. 3.

France

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  • Country of Service United Kingdom
  • Awards Military Medal
  • Additional Info Son of Charles James and Elizabeth Hancock, of Plumstead; husband of Mrs. Hancock, of 41, Benares Rd., Plumstead, London.
  • Personal Inscription BRAVELY HE FOUGHT AND NOBLY HE FELL DYING A HERO AMID SHOT AND SHELL
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Buried or commemorated at

HERISSART COMMUNAL CEMETERY
Somme France
Number of casualties: 14
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