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Head and shoulders portrait of a man with short brown hair and a thick moustache wearing a collared military-style jacket.

Harry Hancock, Fulbourn

Home End, Fulbourn

History of Home End, Fulbourn

A quiet country lane lined with old houses, including one with a thatched roof, surrounded by trees under a pale sky.

Home End, Fulbourn c.1950

1911

Mary Ann Hancock, 64, widow, b Fulbourn

Arthur, 24, farm labourer, b Fulbourn

Harry, 21, farm labourer, b Fulbourn

George, 14, farm labourer, b Soham

Charles Jobson, nephew, 10, b Chesterton

Arthur and Harry joined the army in May-June 1915. Arthur had married Lucy Plumb on Christmas Day 1913. Their mother died in February 1916. Both men were killed in action on the first day of the Battle of the Somme, 1.7.1916.

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