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Offline Pete_Wood

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Re: Three Rabbits Pub
« Reply #27 on: Friday 02 November 12 13:35 GMT (UK) »
Which one is your relative? Once I know I can supply more information.

I am guessing it was Robert Hancock.

According to the Police report, he was found dead at the scene - and taken to Manor Park Cemetery ARP Mortuary (a temporary site). His address was stated to be 5 Washington Avenue E12. His aged was stated to be 45

Many of those who were injured were taken to Aldersbrook Hospital, though some were also taken to East Ham Memorial Hospital in Shrewsbury Road.

Robert Hancock's next door neighbour, Edwin Herbert Hull (Number 7 Washington Avenue), aged 70, was injured in the leg, in 1944, in another (non-related) bomb raid.

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« Reply #28 on: Friday 02 November 12 17:50 GMT (UK) »
Yes thats him but he was never in his 40's  he was born 1883 and  serverd in canadian  army during WW1  and became a Canadian before moving back to england  i never knew him as he died 2 years before I was born thankyou very much for your help
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« Reply #29 on: Friday 02 November 12 18:25 GMT (UK) »
You have to realise that, in the mortuary (following a raid) the Police guessed the age of the deceased, based on appearance. If the body was claimed, the authorities relied on someone (a relative/friend) to fill in any details which they had been unable to solve.

Some of the WW2 mortuary records survive, in the local records offices. The surviving paperwork includes possessions found on the body, and which undertaker was going to carry out the burial. It will also tell you who claimed the body.

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« Reply #30 on: Friday 02 November 12 19:25 GMT (UK) »
I think it was a lady who called herself Mrs Hancock but was not.  also know he was a vain man so quess he lowered his age to lady friend
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« Reply #31 on: Saturday 03 November 12 00:19 GMT (UK) »
I lived opposite but one house from that bombed site.  We played snowballs in it.  I left there for Australia when I was 12 going on 13.  the owners of the Fish and Chip shop lived next door. We left January 1957, so was still a wreck at that stage. next time I saw it was about April 1989 and it was a Pram shop on the site and the three rabbits appeared to be the Charrington Pub.  I went again in 1996, but mainly to the City of London Cemetary where my mum is buried.
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