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Surname: HANCOCK
Forename(s): Edgar
Place of Birth: Westminster, Middlesex
Service No: 2581
Rank: Private
Regiment / Corps / Service: Guards Machine Gun Regiment
Battalion / Unit: 4th (Foot Guards) Battalion
Division: Guards Division
Age: ---
Date of Death: 1918-09-05
Awards: ---
CWGC Grave / Memorial Reference: III. D. 25.
CWGC Cemetery: MOEUVRES COMMUNAL CEMETERY EXTENSION
CWGC Memorial: ---
Non-CWGC Burial: ---
Local War Memorial(s): Not Listed (View Names Not Listed on a Local War Memorial)
Additional Information:
John Edgar Hancock was the son of John and Ellen Hancock, née Eastwick. John, senior, who served as a regular soldier in the Coldstream Guards, was born at Glastonbury, Somerset, the son of James and Caroline Hancock. Ellen was born at Marazion, Cornwall, c. 1857.
1901 London Census: 52, Lupus Street - John E. Hancock, aged 8 years, born Pimlico, London, son of John and Ellen Hancock.
1911 Glastonbury, Somerset Census: 11, Old Wells Road - Edgar Hancock, aged 18 years, born London, Westminster. [Edgar was living with his uncle, James Hancock.]
British Army WW1 Medal Rolls Index Cards: Pte Edgar Hancock, 17585, C. Gds.; 2581, Gds. M.G.R.
British Army WW1 Medal and Award Rolls: Gdsn Edgar Hancock, 17585, Cold. Gds.; 2581, Gds. M.G. Rgt. Killed 5.9.18.
Army Registers of Soldiers' Effects: Pte Edgar Hancock, 2581, 4th Bn Gds. M. Gun Regt. Date and Place of Death: 5.9.18 in action France. To whom Authorised/Amount Authorised: Father - John. £29 0s. 10d.
Data Source: Craven’s Part in the Great War - original CPGW book entry
View Entry in CPGW BookEntry in West Yorkshire Pioneer Illustrated War Record: ---
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Regiment / Corps / Service Badge: Guards Machine Gun Regiment
Divisional Sign / Service Insignia: Guards Division
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11 October 1918
ROLL OF HONOUR – Former ‘Craven Herald’ Operator Killed
Private Edgar Hancock, of the Guards Machine Gun Regiment, was killed in action in France on September 5th, 19l8. He was the first Monotype caster attendant employed at the ‘Craven Herald’ works when this form of mechanical typesetting was introduced five or six years ago, and afterwards left for a more responsible place at Barrow-in-Furness. The news has been received with deep regret by his former comrades.
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