| Location | Wigan |
| Age | 19 years |
| Visitors | 4,196 since 11/11/2006 |
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Jamie Lee Hancock was born on 30 January 1987. He lived near Wigan, Lancashire, with his brother,
also a serving soldier. He joined the British Army at the age of 18 and began his career at the
Infantry Training Centre, Catterick. On completion of the Combat Infantryman’s Course in November
2005, he was posted to 5 Platoon, Burma Company, The 1st Battalion, The Queen’s Lancashire
Regiment, serving as a Rifleman where he was involved in training to prepare other units for
operations in Iraq.
On 1 June 2006 Kingsman Hancock was posted to The 1st Battalion, The King’s Regiment, having
volunteered for a six-month tour of Iraq as part of Catterick-based 19 Light Brigade. The Regiment
amalgamated into The Duke of Lancaster’s Regiment on 1 July 2006. He subsequently took part in
four months of high-intensity training with Chindit Company prior to deploying to Iraq on 21 October
as part of the Advance Party.
Despite being a junior soldier, he had been identified by his peers and his commanders as a young
man with real potential. He stood out due to his professionalism and his sheer pride in being a
soldier. As a recently qualified Warrior Armoured Fighting Vehicle driver, Kingsman Hancock showed a
natural aptitude and ability that belied his relative inexperience with the vehicle and with the
challenging conditions found in southern Iraq.
His Platoon will remember him fondly as an outgoing, gregarious practical joker. He was never short
of anything to say, whether it was a one-liner or a kind word of encouragement. His friends knew him
as a great listener and he was regarded by many as an elder-brother figure. When off duty, he was
always the life and soul of the party and his friends saw him as a constant source of morale within
the team. He was very much a free spirit and could always be relied upon for help or advice.
In his short time in the Company he made a real impression on all ranks. He will be remembered as a
friend, a comrade, and an outstanding soldier. He will be sorely missed and his loss will greatly
affect those who were fortunate enough to have known him.
Remembering our Fallen...
P UT A POPPY ON YOUR LAPEL
O VER YOUR HEART - WEAR IT WELL
P LEASE REMEMBER THOSE WHO DIED
P RAY FOR THOSE THEY LEFT BEHIND
I N OUR HEARTS THEY SHALL REMAIN
E NGLAND’S BRAVEST OF THE BRAVE
S HOW YOUR PRIDE TODAY
For Jamie's Family
Memories
Memories last longer than dreams,
Of this you can be sure
For when you lose someone you love
You leave ajar a door
From time to time you will look inside.
Where you will see a book
It’s called the book of memories
Just sit and take a look.
As you turn the pages one by one
Thinking of days gone by
You will recall such memories
That makes you feel warm inside.
Every ones life is like a book
A beginning, middle, and end
But the book that we call memories
Will be read time and time again
Sandra Woolridge(copyright)
For Lynda.
Your eyes are filled with tears
Your heart is filled with pain
There's nothing that you wouldn't do
To see your son again
Your arms ache with longing
You want to hold him near
Your mind is filled with memories
You hold them oh so dear
He was your son! Your pride and joy
You loved him like no other
He loved you too - so very much!
His lovely, loving mother
The days just seem to drag now -
It's so long since you heard him laugh...
And yet the time has gone so fast!
You wish you could turn it back
Back to the time before he was gone
Before your world fell apart
Before that day when time stood still
And broke your mother's heart
You feel so numb
Yet you feel such pain!
How can this be true?
There seems no shelter from the rain
The sun just can't break through
There's nothing I can do for you
And no words I can say
I can only send my love
And pray for you each day
Pray that God will help you walk
This path you didn't choose
Pray that He would pick you up
When you're feeling battered and bruised
I pray that He will help you
Be comfort in your sorrow
And give you strength to carry on
And face each new tomorrow
My mothers heart just aches for you
I wish I could make it better
I know I cannot do that
So I send you love in this letter
May memories of your darling son
Bring you happiness, laughter and joy
Always remember - you are his mum
And he was your darling boy.
Much love and respect,
God bless,
Julie
x x x x x x x
What a loss
Joey & Family,
Having only just found out of your loss, my thoughts arewith you and your family, I have a twin brother in the army and i cannot imagine what it would be like losing him.
Im always here for you Joey.
Craig
TO ALL OF JAMIE'S FAMILY XXXXXXXXXXXXXXXX
Words, however kind,
can't mend your heartache:
but those who care and
share your loss wish you
comfort and peace of mind.
May you find strength
in the love of family
and in the warm embrace
of friends.
xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx xxxx
Many tender memories soften your grief,
May fond recollection bring you relief,
And may you find comfort and peace in the thought
Of the joy that knowing your loved one brought...
For time and space can never divide
Or keep your loved one from your side
When memory paints in colors true
The happy hours that belonged to you.
Goodmorning Jamie have a lovely day my love as always xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
NEVER TO BE FORGOTTEN
G od, please help the families today of
O ur young heroes who were stolen away
N umbness, heartache, grief, pain but
E ternal pride and love for them remain
B rave and selfless
U nswervingly loyal
T heir names will live on
N ever to be gone from
O ur hearts and souls
T hey will not grow old
F our of the best
O h God grant them rest and
R emember the ones left in sorrow
G o with them, please, through the valley
O f tears and shadows and grant that
T omorrow - they may know
T hat their loved ones will never be gone
E ver in our memory, they will always live on
N EVER TO BE FORGOTTEN
Jamie your a HERO NEVER TO BE FORGOTTEN XXXXXXXXXX
The young dead soldiers do not speak.
Nevertheless, they are heard in the still houses:
who has not heard them?
They have a silence that speaks for them at night
and when the clock counts.
They say: We were young. We have died.
Remember us.
They say: We have done what we could
but until it is finished it is not done.
They say: We have given our lives but until it is finished
no one can know what our lives gave.
They say: Our deaths are not ours: they are yours,
they will mean what you make them.
They say: Whether our lives and our deaths were for
peace and a new hope or for nothing we cannot say,
it is you who must say this.
We leave you our deaths. Give them their meaning.
We were young, they say. We have died; remember us.
by Archibald MacLeish,
1892-1982, American Poet
WE USE TO BABY SIT FOR JAMIE WITH IS BROTHER JOE , JAMIE WAS ALWAYS A LITTLE FIGHTER, WHO GAVE ME MORE BRUISES ON MY LEGS THROUGH KICKING US,BUT ALL I CAN SAY ,WE WERE SHOCKED WHEN WE HEARD ABOUT JAMIE,MY HEART GOES OUT TO ALL HIS FAMILY.
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