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The Life and Loss of Edward Alcock 1897–1916
Growing Up in Monkwearmouth Edward Alcock was born around July 1897 in Monkwearmouth, Sunderland, the son of James Broom Alcock and Sarah Ann Inness. He grew up in a part of Sunderland shaped by shipbuilding, the River Wear and the busy industrial life of Wearside. The 1901 Census finds three-year-old Edward living with his family…