HANCOCK Harry

  • First Name(s):
    Harry 
  • Surname:
    HANCOCK
  • Service Number:
    50934
  • Rank:

    Private

  • Conflict:
    WW1
  • Service:
    Army
  • Army Sector:
    Cavalry
  • Corps:
    Imperial Yeomanry
  • Regiment:
    West Somerset Yeomanry
  • Battalion:
    12th Battalion
  • Unit:
    C Company
  • Former Units:
    None
  • Date of Death:
    22nd October 1918
  • Age At Death:
    25
  • Cause of Death:
    Died of wounds
  • Place of Death:
    Unknown
  • Place of Burial:
    Arras Road Cemetery, Roclincourt, France, Grave III. O. 7.
  • Place of Birth:
    Wollaston, Worcestershire, resident Stourbridge, Worcestershire, enlisted Worcester
  • Home Town:
    Unknown
  • Casualty's Relatives:

    Son of Mr and Mrs H. Hancock, of Stourbridge; husband of Edith Waldron (formerly Hancock), 25 Bowling Green Rd., Stourbridge

Remember The Fallen - Lest We Forget

HANCOCK Harry Is Named On These Memorials

Stourbridge St John’s School now in Stourbridge St John’s Church
Stourbridge War Memorial

Further Information About HANCOCK Harry

Appears in the Worcester/Worcestershire Roll of Honour Book for army casualties located in Worcester Cathedral under Stourbridge casualties, surname spelt Hancox with the information: Somerset Light Infantry.

Harry Hancock enlisted in the Somerset Yeomanry. By 1918 the troopers had become dismounted troops and fought as infantry. The 1/1st West Somerset Yeomanry was in the 74th Division which had arrived on the Western Front from Egypt in May 1918. It then became actively involved in the Advance to Victory which began on the 21st June 1918. They advanced in the Arras sector and the Hindenburg Line was breached on the 29th September. They then fought towards the German frontier but Private Harry Hancock was wounded and he died on the 22nd October. He is also commemorated on the St. Thomas’ church and the Methodist church memorials.

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Credits: Researched by The Black Country Society. Cathedral Roll of honour books researched by Sandra Taylor.