Harry Hancock, Fulbourn

Home End, Fulbourn

History of Home End, Fulbourn

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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11 February 1935

One of the most remarkable re-unions on record has been enacted in a tiny cottage at Home End, Fulbourn when a man who had been reported ‘missing’ after the Armistice came face to face with his wife who had long thought him dead. They were married at Burrough Green in 1900 and he enlisted in the Army Ordnance Corps before being posted to India. Still suffering from loss of memory, he is unable to give an account of his movements since the war. It was a great shock for his wife when he stood on the doorstep as she had believed him dead for about 17 years. Now she has notified the Post Office regarding the widow’s pension she has been receiving. 35 02 11 his name: William Edwards — Mike Petty, Burrough Green Scrapbook 1897 to 1990.