Abingdon and the First World War
Those Who Served
Badcock
George Badcock
Details from the Abingdon Roll of Honour
Name: BADCOCK, George
Status: Wounded
Address: 230 Ock Street
Rank: Corporal
Battalion, Ship or Squadron: 1st
Regiment: Royal Berkshire Regiment
Chronology: August 1914 to February 1919, France, Belgium
Awards: Distinguished Conduct Medal (D.C.M.)
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Citation for Distinguished Conduct Medal:
For gallant conduct in defence of the forward trenches with a few men on 13th November, when the 6th Infantry Brigade were engaged in taking up another position, he held on to his post so tenaciously that the enemy were led to believe his position was held in force.
William Stewart Badcock
Details from the Abingdon Roll of Honour
Name: BADCOCK, William Stewart
Status: Died
Address: The Abbey
Rank: Corporal
Service No: 9402
Battalion, Ship or Squadron: 2nd
Regiment: Royal Berkshire Regiment
Chronology: from August 1914, France
Cause of Death: Killed in action
Place at death: France
Date of death: 27 July 1916
Born: New Cross, Middlesex
Enlisted: Reading
Resident: Abingdon
Age at Death: 28
Family Details: Son of Ellen Badcock, of 54, Pitcroft Avenue, Reading, and the late W. T. Badcock.
Buried or Commemorated: Commemorated on THIEPVAL MEMORIAL, Somme, France.
Reference: Pier and Face 11 D.
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