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Pte. William Henry Pocock
British Army 2nd Btn. Suffolk Regiment
from:Dartford
(d.13th May 1917)
William Pocock was at Dartford Grammar Sschool between 1908 and 1910. He enlisted in the Royal Army Service Corps (Supply) on 31st March 1916 and transferred to the 2nd Suffolk Regiment in February 1917. He was sent to the front in France in March 1917. His regiment was part of the 3rd Division and was involved at the battle of Arras, particularly the battles around the River Scarpe and at Arleux. He was killed on 13th May 1917 in the Arras area and is buried in Feuchy Chapel British Cemetery, Wancourt.The Summer 1917 Dartfordian included the following obituary: "We much regret to report the death in action of yet another Old Boy, William Henry Pocock of Eynsford, who was at the school from 1908 to 1910. After leaving school W H Pocock entered his fathers business and became manager of the Eynsford branch. Early in the war he enlisted in the ASC (Supply) hoping to be able to turn his trade to good account there, but being disappointed in this he transferred to a battalion of the London Regiment and went with it to France. He was killed in action during a recent big advance. All at DGS wish to convey their deep sympathy with his sorrowing relations."
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