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Pte. John Hocken Hancock
British Army 12th Btn. East Surrey Regiment
from:Lewisham, London
My grandfather, Jack Hancock, served with the 12th Battalion East Surrey Regiment for one year. He was a Lewis gunner. He got an extra 2/6d in his pay packet for being a Lewis gunner. This was danger money as the gun was so heavy you found it hard to run fast when carrying it and so were a sitting target.
He was mustard gassed on 4th September 1918. I think this happened near Bois Quarante which is 11km from Ypres. He never returned to the battlefield. He died in 1985.

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