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Lieutenant ANTHONY STRANGMAN HANCOCK

Service Number: 249763
Regiment & Unit/Ship

The Buffs (Royal East Kent Regiment)

9th Bn.

Date of Death

Died 26 April 1945

Age 22 years old

Buried or commemorated at

BECKLINGEN WAR CEMETERY

8. G. 4.

Germany

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  • Secondary Unit, Regiment attd. Royal Ulster Rifles
  • Country of Service United Kingdom
  • Additional Info Son of Capt. Dugald Strangman Hancock and Vivien Fearne Hancock.
  • Personal Inscription "SO HE PASSED OVER, AND ALL THE TRUMPETS SOUNDED FOR HIM ON THE OTHER SIDE"
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Buried or commemorated at

BECKLINGEN WAR CEMETERY
Niedersachsen Germany
Number of casualties: 2404
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