HANCOX John James

  • First Name(s):
    John 
    James 
  • Surname:
    HANCOX
  • Service Number:
    123521
  • Rank:

    Corporal

  • Conflict:
    WW1
  • Service:
    Army
  • Army Sector:
    Infantry
  • Corps:
    Canadian Expeditionary Force
  • Regiment:
    Canadian Infantry
  • Battalion:
    73rd Battalion
  • Former Units:
    None
  • Date of Death:
    9th April 1917
  • Age At Death:
    24
  • Place of Death:
    Unknown
  • Place of Burial:
    Commemorated on Vimy Memorial, France.
  • Place of Birth:
    Unknown
  • Home Town:
    Unknown
  • Casualty's Relatives:

    Son of Charles and Rose Hannah Hancox, of Poseymans Cottage, Hallow, Worcester, England

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HANCOX John James Is Named On These Memorials

Hallow School
Hallow St Philip and St James’s Church

Notes About The Memorial(s) Listed Above

Hallow St Philip and St James’s Church with the information: Corporal 73rd Canadn. Cont.

Further Information About HANCOX John James

Appears in the Worcester/Worcestershire Roll of Honour Book for army casualties located in Worcester Cathedral.

John Hancox enlisted in the Canadian Overseas Expeditionary Force on 20th September 1915 at Windsor, Ontario, Canada.  On his attestation paper he gave his date of birth as 2nd March 1893 in Wassell, Staffordshire, England, his occupation as a gear cutter and his next of kin as his mother, Mrs Rose Hancox, Hallow, Worcestershire, England.  This was later amended to his sister, Louise Hancox, Tiddington Rd, Stratford on Avon before reverting to his mother at 35 Great Lister Street, Birmingham.  John had 2 years previous military experience in the Territorials.  At the time of his attestation he was 5 feet 10 inches tall with blue eyes, brown hair and a sallow complexion.  He sailed from Halifax, Canada on the S.S. Lapland on 26th April 1916, arriving in England on 5th May 1916.  John was killed in action on 9th April 1917.

National Archives of Canada Reference: RG150, Accession 1992-93/166, Box 4006 – 16.

John Hancox has no known grave, the photograph available shows his name on Vimy Memorial.

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