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2nd.Radio.Off. Norman Hancock
Merchant Navy SS Medjerda
(d.17th Mar 1941)
Norman Hancock who died when the SS Medjerda was sunk, was aged 27 born in South Shields in 1913, the son of William and Isabella Hancock (nee Smith) of South Shields and the husband of Christina Hancock (nee Gray) of Jarrow.
Norman is remembered on the Tower Hill Memorial and is commemorated on the WW2 Roll of Honour Plaque in the entrance of Jarrow Town Hall.