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Sapper JAMES HANCOCK

Service Number: 478137
Regiment & Unit/Ship

Royal Engineers

456th West Riding Field Coy.

Date of Death

Died 31 October 1918

Age 26 years old

Buried or commemorated at

AUBERCHICOURT BRITISH CEMETERY

II. E. 8.

France

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  • Country of Service United Kingdom
  • Additional Info Son of Henry and Emily Hancock, of Ecclesall, Sheffield; husband of Bertha Hancock, of 46, Eastwood Rd., Hickmott Rd., Sharrow Vale, Sheffield.
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Buried or commemorated at

AUBERCHICOURT BRITISH CEMETERY
Nord France
Number of casualties: 288
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