Haydn Spencer Hancox – Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve, 5015 Airfield Construction Squadron
Corporal Haydn Spencer Hancox – Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve, 5015 Airfield Construction Squadron Haydn Spencer Hancox was born in 1907 in Swansea , the son of William Theodore Hancox and Henrietta Huxtable , who had married in Swansea in 1906. His early childhood was marked by both family stability and later, profound loss. His Father’s Service and Sacrifice Haydn’s father, William Theodore Hancox , served during the First World War as a Private with the Manchester Regiment, 2nd/8th Battalion . He was killed in action on 28 April 1917 , and is buried at Vermelles British Cemetery , Pas‑de‑Calais, France. His death left Henrietta widowed with several young children, shaping the household in which Haydn grew up. 1921 Census – Written as a Paragraph 1921 Census The first census in which Haydn appears is the 1921 Census , which records the family living at 34 Cambridge Street, Swansea . The names of the household members were entered only by initials, but the details remain clear:...
