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Private JOHN WILLIAM HANCOCK

Service Number: 5392022
Regiment & Unit/Ship

Somerset Light Infantry

2nd Bn.

Date of Death

Died 23 June 1944

Age 21 years old

Buried or commemorated at

ASSISI WAR CEMETERY

VI, B, 8.

Italy

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  • Country of Service United Kingdom
  • Additional Info Son of John Tustain Hancock and Emily Ethel Hancock; husband of Megan Emily Hancock, of North Newington, Oxfordshire.
  • Personal Inscription SUNSHINE PASSES SHADOWS FALL BUT LOVING MEMORIES OUTLIVE ALL
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Buried or commemorated at

ASSISI WAR CEMETERY
Italy
Number of casualties: 949
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