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Private WILLIAM CARTER HANCOCK

Service Number: 1500
Regiment & Unit/Ship

Durham Light Infantry

1st/7th Bn.

Date of Death

Died 29 May 1915

Age 23 years old

Buried or commemorated at

WIMEREUX COMMUNAL CEMETERY

I. I. 17A.

France

Commonwealth War Graves Commission - Headstone Placeholder
  • Country of Service United Kingdom
  • Additional Info Son of George Hodgson Hancock and Euphemia Elizabeth Hancock, of 73, Eldon St., High Shields.
  • Personal Inscription IN LOVING MEMORY OF OUR DEAR SON AT REST
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Buried or commemorated at

WIMEREUX COMMUNAL CEMETERY
Pas de Calais France
Number of casualties: 3036
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