Charles Hancock
Memorial: Wickwar - Holy Trinity Church
Regiment: Gloucestershire Regiment
Medals: 1914–15 Star, British War Medal, Next of Kin Memorial Plaque 1914 - 1921, Victory Medal
Rank and number: Private 5505
Parents: Oliver and Sarah Hancock
Home address: Gravesend, Wickwar, Glos
Pre-war occupation: Groom
Date of birth: 1894
Place of birth: Yate, Bristol
Date of death: 25/01/1915
Buried/Commemorated at: Guards Cemetery (Ref. I. K 16), Windy Corner, Cuinchy, Pas de Calais, France
Age: 21
Further information:
Charles Hancock was born in Yate in 1894 to parents, Oliver and Sarah Hancock. He was brother to Sarah, Bessie, James and Jane. Oliver Hancock was a brewer's labourer and had been born in Bourton on the Hill. Charles Hancock was living in Gravesend, Wickwar in 1911. He was 17 years old and working as a groom
Charles served with the 1st Battalion of the Gloucestershire Regiment and died on the 25th January 1915 aged 21 years. He was buried at the Guards Cemetery, Windy Corner, Cuinchy, Pas de Calais, France
Charles Hancock is remembered on the Wickwar Holy Trinity Church Memorial, the Wickwar Village Hall Memorial and the Chipping Sodbury and District War Memorial Cottage Hospital board, which is now at Yate and District Heritage Centre, under Wickwar
By kind permission, this information is based on the following source(s):
Yate and District Heritage Centre and the book 'Lest We Forget' by Arthur Threlfall Searson. Forces War Records and CWGC