Ellen Pollock's first husband, Lt. Col. Leslie Frank Hancock OBE (25 October 1899 - 12 July 1944) was an English first-class cricketer and British Army officer. While overseeing the construction of the Royal Air Force ALG B-12 at Ellon, Hancock was killed when the jeep he was travelling in struck a landmine near Maupertus-sur-Mer on 12 July 1944.