genegwf Posted 23 December , 2017 Share Posted 23 December , 2017 A Merry Christmas to all! I am looking for information on the husband of Madeline Battle Hancock an American nurse who served in France. The information I have says she was married to a British Army officer. I realize this is very little information to go on but I am hoping someone on the forum will recognize her name and can share some information on what became of her husband. She was from North Carolina and received twelve medals as a result of her service during the war. Gene Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
genegwf Posted 24 December , 2017 Author Share Posted 24 December , 2017 CORRECTION Her first name is spelled Madelon. My apologies. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RaySearching Posted 24 December , 2017 Share Posted 24 December , 2017 Madelon was the first wife of Mortimer Pawson Hancock Google is your friend Details Here And Here Photo of Madelon Ray Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
helpjpl Posted 24 December , 2017 Share Posted 24 December , 2017 (edited) Madelon Battle married Mortimer Pawson Hancock, (1870-1939), in North Carolina on 2 July 1904. https://nursinghistory.appstate.edu/biographies/madelon-glory-battle-hancock Two photos of him here. His first name is Mortimer - not Martimer: http://www.iwm.org.uk/collections/search?f[0]=agentString%3AHancock%2C Martimer Pawson&query= JP Edited 24 December , 2017 by helpjpl Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
helpjpl Posted 24 December , 2017 Share Posted 24 December , 2017 Madelon died in France in 1930: HELLANCOURT formerly HANCOCK Madelon 1 Durham-place Smith-street Chelsea Middlesex single woman died 29 September 1930 at 12 Rue Boulevard Du Tzarewitch Nice France Administration London 5 December to Westray Battle Hancock esquire Did she marry again after she and Mortimer were divorced? JP Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
alf mcm Posted 24 December , 2017 Share Posted 24 December , 2017 According to a passsenger list on Findmypast, she was dicorced again by 1928. https://search.findmypast.co.uk/record?id=https%3a%2f%2ffamilysearch.org%2fpal%3a%2fmm9.3.1%2fth-1951-21839-14691-51&parentid=us%2fpass%2fny%2f011990562849&highlights="" She was sailing from Southampton to America. Regards, Alf McM Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
alf mcm Posted 24 December , 2017 Share Posted 24 December , 2017 The attached record from London Gazette shows that she changed fer name by deed poll in 1928, so she did not re-marry. Regards, Alf McM hellancourt.pdf Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PRC Posted 25 December , 2017 Share Posted 25 December , 2017 (edited) On 24/12/2017 at 08:56, RaySearching said: Madelon was the first wife of Mortimer Pawson Hancock Google is your friend And Here Ray That's one of mine - the headstone of her son from the churchyard at Wortham in Suffolk. Lt Col Westray Battle Hancock Royal Fusiliers 1974 by Moominpappa06, on Flickr Unfortunately reviewing that looks like two of the links to pictures of Madelon are now dead. One is still available, in addition to the picture of her in her nurses uniform which can be seen here: https://www.ncpedia.org/hancock-madelon-glory-battle The other is a picture of the "wife of Colonel M P Hancock" taken on the 1st May 1922 when she is shown playing with the regimental pet cheetah which she had tamed :-) https://www.europeana.eu/portal/en/record/2024904/photography_ProvidedCHO_TopFoto_co_uk_EU005023.html The caption notes that her husband had been commanding officer of the 2nd Battalion, Royal Fusiliers in Somaliland in the previous year The marriage and birth of the son probably took place when M P Hancock was a Captain in the 2nd Battalion, Royal Fusiliers, stationed in Bermuda. From a list of commanding officers of the 1st Battalion in the Great War Lieutenant-Colonel Mortimer Pawson Hancock 21/02/1916 to 15/08/1916 Wounded Lieutenant-Colonel Mortimer Pawson Hancock 11/11/1916 to 19/04/1918 Replaced www.ww1infantrycos.co.uk/royalfusiliers.html Mortimer Pawson Hancock died on the 19th April 1939 while living at Abbey Mill House, Coggeshall, Essex. Mortimer is said to be a Colonel, (retired) in His Majesty’s Army. The executors of his estate are Dorothy Sophia Hancock and Westray Battle Hancock.www.thegazette.co.uk/London/issue/34702/page/6753/data.pdf "The Royal Fusiliers in the Great War" by H C O'Neill can be viewed \ downloaded for free here:- https://archive.org/details/royalfusiliersin00onei Given his senior rank I suspect he might get the odd mention! Hope that helps, Peter Edited 25 December , 2017 by PRC Wrong Battalion Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RaySearching Posted 25 December , 2017 Share Posted 25 December , 2017 Peter it looks like the O P's question has been well and truly answered a Merry Christmas to you Ray Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PRC Posted 25 December , 2017 Share Posted 25 December , 2017 1 hour ago, RaySearching said: Peter it looks like the O P's question has been well and truly answered a Merry Christmas to you Ray And a merry Christmas to you - now just off to sing carols, share smokes and play footer with Gerry in no-mans land ! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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