DANCOCKS William

  • First Name(s):
    William 
  • Surname:
    DANCOCKS
  • Service Number:
    4304
  • Rank:

    Private

  • Conflict:
    WW1
  • Service:
    Army
  • Army Sector:
    Infantry
  • Regiment:
    Worcestershire Regiment
  • Battalion:
    3rd Battalion
  • Former Units:
    None
  • Date of Death:
    23rd October 1914
  • Age At Death:
  • Cause of Death:
    Killed in action
  • Place of Death:
    Unknown
  • Place of Burial:
    Commemorated on Le Touret Memorial, France, Panel 17 and 18.
  • Place of Birth:
    Born Claines, Worcestershire, enlisted Worcester
  • Home Town:
    Unknown
  • Casualty's Relatives:

    Son of Mrs. Louisa Whittle, 6 Court, Carden St., Worcester

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DANCOCKS William Is Named On These Memorials

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Further Information About DANCOCKS William

William Dancocks was the elder brother of Frederick George Dancox, VC, who was also killed in action (Frederick Dancox was born, christened and married with his surname spelt ‘Dancocks’. The anomaly may have arisen when he enlisted, with his name being mis-spelt ‘Dancox’). William Dancocks was killed near Neuve Chapelle during the so-called “Race to the Sea”, in which the British and Germans tried successively to turn each others’ open flank.

Source for additional information: The Dancox Project, Worcestershire and Herefordshire Branch Western Front Association.

The following report appears in Berrow’s Worcester Journal, Saturday 28th November 1914:
Worcester Man Killed in Action
The mother of William Dancocks, a private in the 2nd Worcesters, received an intimation from the War Office, on Monday, that her son had been killed in action. Mrs Dancocks resides in Bowling Green Terrace. Deceased was about 30 years of age.

A photograph of Private W. Dancox can be found in Berrow’s Worcester Journal Supplement, Saturday 1st December 1917, available at Worcestershire Archives.

William Dancocks has no known grave, the photograph available shows his name on Le Touret Memorial.

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