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{{Short description|English cricketer and British Army officer (1899–1944)}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=September 2019}}
{{Infobox cricketer
| name =
| image =
| country = England
| fullname = Leslie Frank Hancock
| birth_date = 25 October 1899
| birth_place = [[Jamnagar]], [[Bombay Presidency]],<br>[[British India]]
| death_date = {{Death date and age|df=yes|1944|7|12|1899|10|25}}
| death_place = [[Maupertus-sur-Mer]], [[Normandy]], France
| heightft =
| heightinch =
| nickname =
| family =
| batting = Right-handed
| bowling = Right-arm [[Seam bowling|medium-fast]]
| role =
| club1 = [[Marylebone Cricket Club]]
| year1 = 1926
| columns = 1
| column1 = [[First-class cricket|First-class]]
| matches1 = 2
| runs1 = 24
| bat avg1 = 12.00
| 100s/50s1 = –/–
| top score1 = 23
| deliveries1 = 54
| wickets1 = 1
| bowl avg1 = 24.00
| fivefor1 = –
| tenfor1 = –
| best bowling1 = 1/4
| catches/stumpings1 = 3/–
| date = 19 January
| year = 2021
| source = http://www.espncricinfo.com/england/content/player/14503.html Cricinfo
}}

'''Leslie Frank Hancock''' {{postnominal|OBE}} (25 October 1899 – 12 July 1944) was an [[English people|English]] first-class [[cricket]]er and [[British Army]] officer.

Hancock was born at [[Jamnagar]] in [[British India]] to a [[British Indian Army]] major. He was educated in England at [[Cheltenham College]], deciding upon the completion of his education to take a career in the military.<ref name="BOOK">{{cite book |last1=McCrery |first1=Nigel |title=The Coming Storm: Test and First-Class Cricketers Killed in World War Two |date=2011 |publisher=Pen and Sword |volume=2nd |isbn=978-1526706980 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=RYQwDwAAQBAJ |language=en}}</ref> Going up to the [[Royal Military College, Sandhurst|Royal Military College]], he graduated into the [[Royal Engineers]] as a [[Second_lieutenant#United_Kingdom_and_other_Commonwealth_countries|second lieutenant]] in July 1921,<ref>{{London Gazette|issue=32404|date=26 July 1921|page=6000}}</ref> before gaining the rank of [[Lieutenant (British Army and Royal Marines)|lieutenant]] in July 1923.<ref>{{London Gazette|issue=32844|date=13 July 1923|page=4885}}</ref> He played [[first-class cricket]] twice for the [[Marylebone Cricket Club]] (MCC) in 1926 against [[Wales cricket team|Wales]] and [[Cambridge University Cricket Club|Cambridge University]], with both matches played at [[Lord's]].<ref>{{cite web|url=https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Players/29/29931/First-Class_Matches.html |title=First-Class Matches played by Donald Ray |publisher=CricketArchive |accessdate=2021-01-19 |url-access=subscription}}</ref> He scored 24 runs in his two matches,<ref>{{cite web |url=https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Players/29/29931/f_Batting_by_Team.html |title=First-Class Batting and Fielding For Each Team by Leslie Hancock |publisher=CricketArchive |accessdate=2021-01-19 |url-access=subscription}}</ref> in addition to taking a single wicket with his right-arm [[Seam bowling|medium-fast]] bowling, that of Wales' [[Cyril Rowland]].<ref>{{cite web|url=https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Scorecards/11/11868.html |title=Marylebone Cricket Club v Wales, 1926 |publisher=CricketArchive |accessdate=2021-01-19 |url-access=subscription}}</ref>

He was granted the temporary rank of [[Captain (British Army and Royal Marines)|captain]] while serving as an [[Adjutant#UK_and_other_Commonwealth_countries|adjutant]] with the [[Army Reserve (United Kingdom)|Territorial Army]] in October 1929,<ref>{{London Gazette|issue=33551|date=12 November 1929|page=7307}}</ref> later gaining the rank in full in July 1932.<ref>{{London Gazette|issue=33845|date=12 July 1932|page=4559}}</ref> Hancock later served in the [[Second World War]] with the Royal Engineers, rising to the rank of [[Lieutenant colonel (United Kingdom)|lieutenant colonel]].<ref name="BOOK"/> In the aftermath of the [[Normandy Landings]] in June 1944, Hancock commanded engineers constructing [[Advanced_Landing_Ground#Normandy_Campaign|advanced landing grounds]] (ALG). While overseeing the construction of the [[Royal Air Force]] ALG B-12 at [[Ellon, Calvados|Ellon]], Hancock was killed when the jeep he was travelling in struck a landmine near [[Maupertus-sur-Mer]] on 12 July.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.dday-overlord.com/en/battle-of-normandy/alg/alg-b-12 |title=ALG B-12 – Ellon |publisher=www.dday-overlord.com |accessdate=2021-01-19}}</ref> His body was buried shortly thereafter at the [[Bayeux war cemetery]].<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.cwgc.org/find-records/find-war-dead/casualty-details/2326512/ |title=Lieutenant Colonel Leslie Frank Hancock |publisher=www.cwgc.org |accessdate=2021-01-19}}</ref> He was survived by his wife, the actress [[Ellen Pollock]], with whom he had one son.<ref>{{cite book|title=The World Who's who of Women |page=666 |date=1900 |volume=10 |publisher=Melrose Press |url=https://www.google.co.uk/books/edition/The_World_Who_s_who_of_Women/5JYrAQAAIAAJ |language=en}}</ref> He was posthumously made an [[Order of the British Empire|OBE]] in the [[1945 New Year Honours]] for his services during the war.<ref name="BOOK"/>

==References==
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==External links==
*{{cricinfo|id=14503}}

{{DEFAULTSORT:Hancock, Leslie}}
[[Category:1899 births]]
[[Category:1944 deaths]]
[[Category:People from Jamnagar]]
[[Category:People educated at Cheltenham College]]
[[Category:Graduates of the Royal Military College, Sandhurst]]
[[Category:Royal Engineers officers]]
[[Category:English cricketers]]
[[Category:Marylebone Cricket Club cricketers]]
[[Category:British Army personnel killed in World War II]]
[[Category:Officers of the Order of the British Empire]]
[[Category:Landmine victims]]
[[Category:Military personnel of British India]]

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