William Handcock, and Bridget née Martin, had Peter Joseph Handcock was born at Peel, near Bathurst, New South Wales on 17 February 1868.
Peter was apprenticed to a blacksmith at age 12, and later worked as a blacksmith with the Railways Department.
m. 15 July 1888 Bridget Alice Mary Martin and they had two sons and a daughter.
Allegiance: British Empire
Years of service: 1899 – 1902
Rank::Lieutenant
Unit: 1st New South Wales Mounted Rifles
Bushveldt Carbineers
Battles/wars: Second Boer War
Son was executed.
Handcock and Morant were convicted, court martialed, found guilty, and executed in Pretoria by a firing squad drawn from the Queen's Own Cameron Highlanders on 27 February 1902 on murder charges for shooting nine Boer prisoners.
Although the defendants were found guilty of killing these enemy combatants, they were acquitted of murdering a South African missionary, Reverend Daniel Heese.
Dau:Jane Martha Handcock Dempsey
1857 Bathurst Regional Council, New South Wales, Australia - 6 Aug 1935 (aged 77–78) #187798961
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Bridget Handcock (Martin)
b. 1830 County Longford, Ireland
d. January 05, 1881 (50-51 Dubbo, Western Plains, NSW, Australia
Parents: Lawrence Martin and Elizabeth Martin
m. William Handcock
Mother of
°Ellen Martin Smith 1860-1925;
°Agnes Therese Reymond @1865;
°Elizabeth Mary MacGuire 1856-1862;
°Mary A Salira @1853;
°Bridget C Lansdell 1859;
°Jane Martha Dempsey 1857-1935 #187798961;
°William J T Handcock 1864;
°Peter Joseph Handcock 1868-1902
and °Eugene M J Handcock 1870
Sister of Brian
Peter was apprenticed to a blacksmith at age 12, and later worked as a blacksmith with the Railways Department.
m. 15 July 1888 Bridget Alice Mary Martin and they had two sons and a daughter.
Allegiance: British Empire
Years of service: 1899 – 1902
Rank::Lieutenant
Unit: 1st New South Wales Mounted Rifles
Bushveldt Carbineers
Battles/wars: Second Boer War
Son was executed.
Handcock and Morant were convicted, court martialed, found guilty, and executed in Pretoria by a firing squad drawn from the Queen's Own Cameron Highlanders on 27 February 1902 on murder charges for shooting nine Boer prisoners.
Although the defendants were found guilty of killing these enemy combatants, they were acquitted of murdering a South African missionary, Reverend Daniel Heese.
Dau:Jane Martha Handcock Dempsey
1857 Bathurst Regional Council, New South Wales, Australia - 6 Aug 1935 (aged 77–78) #187798961
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Bridget Handcock (Martin)
b. 1830 County Longford, Ireland
d. January 05, 1881 (50-51 Dubbo, Western Plains, NSW, Australia
Parents: Lawrence Martin and Elizabeth Martin
m. William Handcock
Mother of
°Ellen Martin Smith 1860-1925;
°Agnes Therese Reymond @1865;
°Elizabeth Mary MacGuire 1856-1862;
°Mary A Salira @1853;
°Bridget C Lansdell 1859;
°Jane Martha Dempsey 1857-1935 #187798961;
°William J T Handcock 1864;
°Peter Joseph Handcock 1868-1902
and °Eugene M J Handcock 1870
Sister of Brian
William Handcock, and Bridget née Martin, had Peter Joseph Handcock was born at Peel, near Bathurst, New South Wales on 17 February 1868.
Peter was apprenticed to a blacksmith at age 12, and later worked as a blacksmith with the Railways Department.
m. 15 July 1888 Bridget Alice Mary Martin and they had two sons and a daughter.
Allegiance: British Empire
Years of service: 1899 – 1902
Rank::Lieutenant
Unit: 1st New South Wales Mounted Rifles
Bushveldt Carbineers
Battles/wars: Second Boer War
Son was executed.
Handcock and Morant were convicted, court martialed, found guilty, and executed in Pretoria by a firing squad drawn from the Queen's Own Cameron Highlanders on 27 February 1902 on murder charges for shooting nine Boer prisoners.
Although the defendants were found guilty of killing these enemy combatants, they were acquitted of murdering a South African missionary, Reverend Daniel Heese.
Dau:Jane Martha Handcock Dempsey
1857 Bathurst Regional Council, New South Wales, Australia - 6 Aug 1935 (aged 77–78) #187798961
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Bridget Handcock (Martin)
b. 1830 County Longford, Ireland
d. January 05, 1881 (50-51 Dubbo, Western Plains, NSW, Australia
Parents: Lawrence Martin and Elizabeth Martin
m. William Handcock
Mother of
°Ellen Martin Smith 1860-1925;
°Agnes Therese Reymond @1865;
°Elizabeth Mary MacGuire 1856-1862;
°Mary A Salira @1853;
°Bridget C Lansdell 1859;
°Jane Martha Dempsey 1857-1935 #187798961;
°William J T Handcock 1864;
°Peter Joseph Handcock 1868-1902
and °Eugene M J Handcock 1870
Sister of Brian
Peter was apprenticed to a blacksmith at age 12, and later worked as a blacksmith with the Railways Department.
m. 15 July 1888 Bridget Alice Mary Martin and they had two sons and a daughter.
Allegiance: British Empire
Years of service: 1899 – 1902
Rank::Lieutenant
Unit: 1st New South Wales Mounted Rifles
Bushveldt Carbineers
Battles/wars: Second Boer War
Son was executed.
Handcock and Morant were convicted, court martialed, found guilty, and executed in Pretoria by a firing squad drawn from the Queen's Own Cameron Highlanders on 27 February 1902 on murder charges for shooting nine Boer prisoners.
Although the defendants were found guilty of killing these enemy combatants, they were acquitted of murdering a South African missionary, Reverend Daniel Heese.
Dau:Jane Martha Handcock Dempsey
1857 Bathurst Regional Council, New South Wales, Australia - 6 Aug 1935 (aged 77–78) #187798961
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Bridget Handcock (Martin)
b. 1830 County Longford, Ireland
d. January 05, 1881 (50-51 Dubbo, Western Plains, NSW, Australia
Parents: Lawrence Martin and Elizabeth Martin
m. William Handcock
Mother of
°Ellen Martin Smith 1860-1925;
°Agnes Therese Reymond @1865;
°Elizabeth Mary MacGuire 1856-1862;
°Mary A Salira @1853;
°Bridget C Lansdell 1859;
°Jane Martha Dempsey 1857-1935 #187798961;
°William J T Handcock 1864;
°Peter Joseph Handcock 1868-1902
and °Eugene M J Handcock 1870
Sister of Brian
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