Private 44679 William Thomas HANCOCKS

Private 44679 William Thomas Hancocks{gallery}Pte W T Hancocks{/gallery}16th Battalion, Machine Gun Corps (Infantry). Formerly Pte 4119 Cyclist Corps
Killed in action in the Second Battle of the Somme, France and Flanders, 21st March 1918, aged 20

• Commemorated: Pozieres Memorial, Somme, France. Grave V.D.3
  
• Awarded: 1915 Star, British War and Victory Medals.
  
• Son of Joseph and Ada Hancocks [nee Moseley]
• NNWFHS Memorials: Nuneaton WWI Other Regiments | St Nicolas Church | Vicarage Street School
  

Links to Relevant Information

• CWGC Page for Private Hancocks
• Pozieres Memorial
• Machine Gun Corps

1911 Census and Family History Information

• Born Jan Qtr 1898 at Newport Pagnell
• Attended Vicarage Street School
  
• Lived at 25 Anker Street, Nuneaton [1901]
• Lived at 34 Hinckley Road, Nuneaton [1911]
  
• Employed as a news boy [1911]
  
• Enlisted at Nuneaton. Arrived in France on 11 May 1915