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Lance Corporal WILLIAM JOHN HANCOCK

Service Number: 1959
Regiment & Unit/Ship

Welsh Regiment

1st/5th Bn.

Date of Death

Died 26 August 1915

Age 21 years old

Buried or commemorated at

GREEN HILL CEMETERY

II. G. 7.

Turkey (including Gallipoli)

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  • Country of Service United Kingdom
  • Additional Info Son of Charles Robert and Elizabeth Vallance Hancock, of "Burnbrae," The Parade, Pontypridd.
  • Personal Inscription LOOKING UNTO JESUS THE AUTHOR AND FINISHER OF OUR FAITH
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Buried or commemorated at

GREEN HILL CEMETERY
Turkey (including Gallipoli)
Number of casualties: 3089
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