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Name :: : Arthur MAYCOCK (1889 - 1918)
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Date of Birth: : Nov 1889
Marriage (1): :
Marriage (2): :
Date of Death: : 29 Sep 1918 Notes : Killed in Action

Abode (1) : Place of BirthEngland, Warwickshire, Coventry

Abode (2) : Place of Death / BurialFrance

Sailing Information

Date of Arrival: : 5 Jun 1901
Country: : Canada
Ship: : Sicilian
Placement Family: :

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Institution (GB): :
Agency: : Middlemore

NotesA birth registration was found for Arthur Maycock; Year of Registration: 1889; Quarter of Registration: Jan-Feb-Mar; District: Coventry; County: Warwickshire, West Midlands; Volume: 6d; Page: 474. (Parents: William T. Maycock and Eliza Thompson, married in Warwickshire, England, in 1880.)

In 1891, Arthur Macock, 2 years of age, was shown residing at White Friars Street, Court 1, House 5, Coventry, Warwickshire, England. Other family members included: Ada E. Macock, 8; Eliza Macock, 31, laundress; Samuel Macock, 1; and William F. Macock, 34, builders labourer. (Source: 1891 Census of England; Class: RG12; Piece: 2450; Folio 50; Page 8; GSU roll: 6097560.)

In 1901, Arthur Maycock, 12 years of age, is shown as an inmate in the Childrens Emigration Homes, in Edgbaston, Warwickshire, England, along with his brother, Samuel Maycock, 11. (Source: 1901 Census of England; Class: RG13; Piece: 2816; Folio: 178; Page: 1.)

In 1901, Arthur Maycock, 13 (along with his brother, Samuel Maycock, 11), arrived in Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada, along with a group of 102 children en route to the Middlemore home in Halifax.

In 1911, Arthur Maycock, 22, is shown as a domestic for Bruce Miller and family in Douglas, York, New Brunswick, Canada. His date of birth is shown as November 1888 and his immigration year as 1900.

On March 31, 1917, Arthur Maycock enlisted in the Canadian Armed Forces (Service Number: 2043050; Force: Army; Unit: Canadian Infantry (Eastern Ontario Regiment); Division: 38th Bn.). He declared that he resided at 217 Kent Street, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada; that he was born in Warwich [sic], England; that his next of kin was his brother, Charles Maycock, who was a member of the Imperial Army in India (another name was added later: friend, Bruce Miller, Tay Settlement, York County, New Brunswick, Canada); that his date of birth was November 6 1892; that he was a contractor; and that he was not married. He was described as 5 foot 7 inches in height; dark complexion; brown eyes; black hair. He was a member of the Presbyterian faith. He had distinguishing marks of a mole on left side; scars one right knee and great toes.

Sergeant Arthur Maycock died on September 29, 1918, in France. He is buried at the BOURLON WOOD CEMETERY in Pas de Calais, France (Grave Reference: II. A. 13.)

ContributorsCreated : 2008-04-20 17:29:48 / From original database

Last Updated : 2009-01-31 13:27:30 /

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Surnames starting with: A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W X Y Z 30 Entries

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ID	Name	DOB	Place of birth	Arrivals & Ships	Dest.	Agency	Family links
3011	ABBOTT, Frederick	1896	ENG, WAR, Birmingham	Jun 1906 : Siberian	CAN	Middlemore
3012	ABBOTT, George	1893	ENG, WAR, Birmingham	Jun 1906 : Siberian	CAN	Middlemore
3058	ABBOTT, Herbert William	1893	ENG, WAR, Aston, Erdington	Jun 1906 : Siberian	CAN	Middlemore
3157	ACTON, Alice	1909	ENG, WAR, Birmingham	Jul 1923 : Montcalm	CAN	Catholic Emigration Society
3155	ACTON, Laura	1892	ENG, WAR, Aston	May 1911 : Corsican	CAN	Labourers & Domestics
21189	ADAMS, William	1916	ENG, WAR, Aston	Jan 1927 : Ballarat	AUS	Fairbridge Homes
3759	ADDERLEY, David Gerard	1897	ENG, WAR, Birmingham	May 1908 : Dominion	CAN	Barnardos
3758	ADDERLEY, Harry	1899	ENG, WAR, Birmingham	May 1908 : Dominion	CAN	Barnardos
8128	ADIE, Dorothy May	1914	ENG, WAR, Birmingham	Jul 1928 : Newfoundland	CAN	Middlemore
10057	ADIE, Henry	1896	ENG, WAR, Aston	Jun 1906 : Siberian	CAN	Middlemore
5834	ADKINS, Edith May	1907	ENG, WAR, Alcester	Jun 1910 : Mongolian	CAN	Middlemore
8129	AGER, Arthur Charles	1915	ENG, WAR, Birmingham	Jul 1928 : Newfoundland	CAN	Middlemore
4645	ALLDRIDGE, Arthur	1897	ENG, WAR, Birmingham	Jun 1904 : Carthaginian	CAN	Middlemore
4640	ALLDRIDGE, Francis	1889	ENG, WAR, Birmingham	Jun 1896 : Corean	CAN	Middlemore
4644	ALLDRIDGE, Harry	1892	ENG, WAR, Birmingham	Jun 1904 : Carthaginian	CAN	Middlemore
4639	ALLDRIDGE, John Leonard	1884	ENG, WAR, Birmingham	Jun 1896 : Corean	CAN	Middlemore
4641	ALLDRIDGE, Ruth Rebecca	1890	ENG, WAR, Birmingham	Jun 1896 : Corean	CAN	Middlemore
4643	ALLDRIDGE, Violet	1893	ENG, WAR, Birmingham	Jun 1904 : Carthaginian	CAN	Middlemore
4642	ALLDRIDGE, William Henry	1886	ENG, WAR, Birmingham	Jun 1896 : Corean	CAN	Middlemore
3860	ALLEN, Florence Elizabeth	1891	ENG, WAR, Birmingham	Jun 1902 : Siberian	CAN	Middlemore
10954	ALLPORT, Daisy Dot	1879	ENG, WAR, Birmingham	Jun 1890 : Sardinian	CAN	Maria Rye
6926	ALLSUPP, John	1875	ENG, WAR, Birmingham	Jun 1878 : Sarmatian	CAN	Middlemore
6927	ALLSUPP, Mary Ann	1872	ENG, WAR	Jun 1878 : Sarmatian	CAN	Middlemore
8821	AMISON, Alfred	1894	ENG, WAR, Birmingham	Aug 1907 : Tunisian	CAN	Unknown Catholic Group
25138	ANKCORN, Dennis George	1925	ENG, WAR, Birmingham	Jan 1937 : Oronsay	AUS	Fairbridge Homes
25139	ANKCORN, Emma Dorothy	1922	ENG, WAR, Birmingham	Feb 1934 : Jervis Bay	AUS	Fairbridge Homes
4426	ARCHER, Ida Mary	1909	ENG, WAR, Solihull	Jun 1926 : Montclare	CAN	Catholic Emigration Association
18623	ASHBY, David Anthony	1900	ENG, WAR, Coles Hill	Sep 1911 : Lake Manitoba	CAN	Unknown Catholic Group
8883	ASTLEY, Albert ERNEST	1894	ENG, WAR, Birmingham	Oct 1903 : Dominion	CAN	Barnardos
11066	ASTLEY, Emma	1891	ENG, WAR, Birmingham	Jun 1903 : Siberian	CAN	Middlemore
ID	Name	DOB	Place of birth	Arrivals & Ships	Dest.	Agency	Family links

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