We are grateful to Joanne Stowe who wrote to us in 2014 about her great great uncle, Harry Hancock, this man. She confirmed that he is the Private H. Hancock on the Teddington memorial and the Henry Hancock on the Stanley School memorial. As a child he lived in Stanley Road. He died at the Battle of the Somme and is buried at Grave Town Cemetery, Meaulte, France.
This section lists the memorials where the subject on this page is commemorated:
Private Henry Hancock
Commemorated ati
Stanley School WW1 memorial
The face on the right (south-facing) has been badly weather-beaten and then i...
Teddington War Memorial
The group of names on the back of the monument headed "Additional Names, 1915...
Other Subjects
E. J. Costick
Co-partner or employee of the South Suburban Gas Company. Served but did not die in WW1.
H. L. Florence
Architect, Born Henry Louis Florence. 1875 he is credited with Stourbridge & Kidderminster Bank in Worcester. In 1871 he began a partnership with Lewis H. Isaacs. Information mainly from Scotti...
Walter Brown
A master at Teddington Council School for 6 years. He volunteered for active service in September 1914 and was killed in action near Ypres. Andrew Behan has researched this man: Private Walter Jam...
Ephraim Alfred Dudley
We are grateful to Maria A Hessman in the USA, for telling us that her grandfather modelled for the WW1 soldier on the Rifle Brigade monument and for sending us the following information about him:...