Matthew Adcock
Service Number
266916
Military Unit
2nd Bn Sherwood Foresters (Notts & Derby Regiment)
Date of birth
Date of Death
05 Jun 1917 (22 years old)
Place of Birth
Hyson Green
Employment, Education or Hobbies
He was a printer
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Family History
He was the son of Annie Mary Tyler (formerly Adcock) and the brother of Lily and Annie Adcock. He was the half brother of Elsie Tyler. In 1911 they lived at 4 Camomile Street Hyson Green Nottingham.
Military History
Acting Corporal Matthew Adcock, enlisted at Nottingham and served with the 2/7th Nottinghamshire & Derbyshire Regiment (Robin Hood Rifles), he was killed in action on 5th June 1917 by German shellfire whilst serving in the trenches at Bilhem Farm, near Neuville, France. He is buried in Metz-en-Couture Communal Cemetery British Cemetery.
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