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Private Frank William Cox
British Army 3rd Sherwood Forresters Nottinghamshire and Derbyshire Regt
from:Ashborne, Derbyshire
(d.13th Aug 1917)
Frank was born in Leek in Staffordshire in 1889.Shortly after his birth his Father William Cox,mother Ameilia Annie and sister Emily along with Frank emigrated to Queensland Australia.However, after a short space of time William returned alone to England as the heat of Australia proved to much for him,the rest of the family remained.At some time Frank also returned to England,and at the age of 26 he was employed as a windowcleaner in Ashbourne.By this time his father had had two children with my grandmother,but they did not marry until 26 years later when his wife died in Australia.Frank was called up in 1916,and was sent to the front 5 months later.He was wounded 3 times in battle and in November 1916 he was returned to England to the Northern General Hospital Manchester suffering from combat fatigue.After,2 months he was posted back to the front and was killed in action at Passendale.In 1918 his effects were returned to my grandfather,letters, photos,a 50 cent Australian note(mutilated)a frenchbook and a cottonbag. His mother in Australia applied for his medals in 1919 but they were sent to my grandfather in 1921,The Victory medal and the British medal.He served 1 year and 249 days. Frank is remembered on The Menin Gate.
Frank Cox
British Army Lancashire Fusiliers
Cpl. Frank Cox
British Army 6th Btn. Bedfordshire Regiment
from:Ampthill
(d.6th August 1916)
Corporal Frank Cox, born and living in Ampthill, enlisted Bedford. Served with the 6th Battalion Bedfordshire Regiment (service no. 12099),
He was killed in action on 6th August 1916 in France and Flanders and is commemorated on Thiepval Memorial, Somme, France. He is remembered on both The War Memorial and The Alamada, St. Andrews Church, Ampthill.
Information courtesy of www.roll-of-honour.com
Pte. Frank Edwin Cox
British Army 2nd Btn. Irish Guards
from:Blackpool
(d.27th Nov 1917)
Frank Cox served with the 2nd Battalion, Irish Guards in WW1. He died 27th of November 1917 aged 36 years and is remembered on the Cambrai Memorial at Louveral in France. Son of the late George and Alma Cox of 115, West St. Crewe and husband of Henrietta Cox of 59 Lord St. Blackpool.
Rfmn. Frederick Cox
British Army 3rd Battalion Rifle Brigade
(d.6th Feb 1916)
Frederick Cox served with the Rifle Brigade 3rd Battalion. He died on 6th February 1916.
Sgt. George David Cox
British Army 1st Battalion Royal Warwickshire Regiment
from:Birmingham
(d.11th April 1917)
George Cox was in the Army from 1900 to 1908 and when he left he got married and became a tram driver in Birmingham. At the outbreak of the War he was called as a reservist and was back with the 1st Bn Warwicks in October 1914. At the Battle of Arras in 1917, I believe, he was killed when the enemy shelled the regiment's assembly point. He has no grave and his name is recorded in the Arras memorial. He is also commemorated in the Birmingham Book of Remembrance. I have a copy of the April 11th pages of the battalion's war diary and the war graves commission remembrance web page. He is commemorated in bay 3 of the Arras Memorial
My late dad was 5 years old and remembered him on leave around the new year 1917. He says he was a big man with a moustache, but when you look at contemporary photographs they were all big men with moustaches! I'm always amazed that that having been in it so long and knowing all the horrors he still went back. He died very soon after his return to the front.
Cpl. George Henry Cox
Australian Imperial Force 39th Btn.
(d.8th June 1917)
Pte. George Leonard Cox
British Army 1st/5th Btn. Royal Sussex Regiment
from:Hastings
(d.9th May 1915)
George Benjamin Cox
Royal Flying Corps 4 Squadron
Mjr Griffith Vaughan Cox MC
British Army 57th Bn. Machine Gun Corps
Pte. H. Cox
British Army HMS Astraea Royal Marine Light Infantry
(d.31st January 1916)
Private Cox was buried in the Douala Cemetery, Cameroon, Grave 25.
Pte. Henry Thomas Cox
British Army 11th Btn. Sherwood Forresters
from:Chesterfield
(d.7th June 1917)
Harry Cox, was a 38-year-old Grocery Manager, originally from Alfreton, married to Grace in 1905 and having two children, Ronald and Greta. He joined the army on 1st February 1917 and was trained at Brockton Barracks on Cannock Chase.
He wrote three letters to his sister, Minnie, my grandmother, which I have. They were written between February 24th and April 1917. He was not impressed with army life and clearly missed his family. He expected to be sent to France in late April.
He was listed as missing on 7th of June 1917 and his body was never found. His name is recorded on the Menin Gate. An article and photograph in the Derbyshire Courier on the 27th July said that his brother-in-law who was in the RAMC attached to the same battalion, the 11th of the Sherwood Foresters was told that Harry was last seen in the front trench before the great mine explosion and failed to answer the roll call on the following day. From this information I believe that he must have died on the first day of the battle of Messines.
The three letters are beautifully written and he was clearly an intelligent, pleasant man who must have been a great loss to his wife, children, parents and nine siblings.
Pte. Herbert Ernest Cox
British Army 7th Btn. Queen's Own (Royal West Kent Regiment)
from:Ramsgate
(d.8th Aug 1918)
Killed in action on the 8th of August 1918, Herbert Ernest Cox was aged 19 and is commemorated on the Vis-en-Artois Memorial in France. He was the son of Mrs. Elizabeth Mary Cox, of 19 Dane Rd., Ramsgate.
Pte. J. T. Cox
British Army 1/20th Btn. London Regiment
from:14, Bracebridge St., Aston, Birmingham.
(d.5th Jul 1917)
Rflmn. John Benjamin Cox
British Army 12th Btn. Kings Royal Rifle Corps
from:Cheam, Surrey
(d.12th Sep 1915)
Jack Cox enlisted under age at Kingston Upon Thames Town Hall. He was aged 17 when killed.
Sgt. John Thomas Cox DCM.
British Army Connaught Rangers
from:Middleton, Co. Cork
John Cox was awarded the DCM for actions on The Somme.
Pte. Joseph Cox
1st Battalion South Wales Borderers
from:Abertillery
(d.25th January 1915)
Joseph Cox was my wife's great grandfather who was killed, probably at Givenchy, on 25th January 1915. He must have volunteered at start of war to get to France so soon. He was a coal miner but quite old to have joined up at least 42 at outbreak of war which is the puzzle.
Nurse Margaret Annie Cox
Territorial Force Nursing Service 2nd Western Field Hospital, Manchester
from:Carrick-on-Shannon, Leitrim
(d.7th February 1919)
Margaret Annie Cox was the daughter of Mrs Bridget Cox of Carrick-on-Shannon, Leitrim. Died of influenza at age 35 and is buried in the South-East part of old ground of the Ardcarne (St. Beo-Aedh's) Old Graveyard, Co. Roscommon.
1919 Nov 11. Mothers letter to the War Office. The late Annie Cox. Staff Nurse, T.F.N.S. Died (at home) February-1919. Sir. May I respectfully bring to your special notice-my case (as mother of deceased) Staff Nurse Annie Cox. She contracted Lethargic Meningitis after Influenza. Was ordered complete rest and change. She arrived home practically to die as she went to bed next day from which she never rose and died 06-February-1919. She cost me more than I could afford, comforting her, and funeral expenses. She was buried 08-February-1919. May I beg that at least the funeral expenses be refunded to me. She was a great loss to me in every way. Are Nurses on some ----------as soldiers?----some kind of allowence? Mrs B Cox. Mother. (Ć‚Ā£38-9-5 was later sent to Mrs B Cox. )
Capt. Percival Elliot Cox
British Army 4th Battalion Northumberland Fusiliers
from:Newcastle Upon Tyne
(d.23rd May 1917)
Percival Cox is my great uncle. He studied at Durham University and then became a teacher. At Durham he was in the Officer Training Core. He was gassed at Ypres and went home to recover, returned and was injured, sent home, returned and died of wounds on 23rd of May 1917. He is buried at Sunken Road Cemetery, Calais. On his gravestone are the words "Thy Will Be Done" at the request of his family. He was only 26 when he died.
Leading Cooks Mate. Percy Horace Cox
Royal Navy HMS North Star
from:Abbots Langley, Watford
(d.23rd April 1918)
Percy Cox was my 2 x great uncle and he was born in the hamlet of Bedmond on 23rd of December 1882. He married Annie Ashby in 1902 and in Kelly's Directory of 1908 he was listed under Confectioners & Pastry Cooks of Abbots Langley & Kings Langley, Hertfordshire. Annie and Percy went on to have 7 children before he enlisted in 1914.
He served as a cook's mate baker in the Royal Navy in WW1 and his first ship is recorded as being HMS Pembroke and his final ship HMS North Star. Percy died 23rd of April 1918 and his body was not recovered for burial but his name is recorded on the Chatham Naval Memorial. Son of George Cox and Annie Maria Cox (nee Skinner) of Abbots Langley; husband of Annie Cox (nee Ashby) of The Cottage, Popes Rd., Abbots Langley, Herts.
Sgt. S. Cox
British Army 24th (Tyneside Irish) Battalion Northumberland Fusiliers
from:Easington
S Cox suffered Shell shock
Gnr. Victor Brabazon Cox
Australian Imperial Army Australian Field Artillery
from:Australia
Pte. Walter Thomas Cox
British Army Middlesex Regiment
from:257 Kilburn Lane, London.
(d.15th July 1916)
I researched my Dad's side of the family a couple of years ago and found that I had a Great Uncle who had died at the Somme his name was Walter Thomas Cox. His Dad's name was Albert Edwin and his Mum's name was Lydia Louisa, they lived at 257, Kilburn Lane, London. Walter's Dad owned his own Hansom Cab business. On the 1911 census Walter was 14 and a butchers boy.
Walters middle name Thomas was his Great Grandads name and it was also my Dad's name. Walter came from a family consisting of sisters Florence, Louisa and brothers George, Alfred and Charlie ( my Grandad)
Walter was born in Willesden, Middlesex in 1897. He joined up on the 27.09.1915. He joined the Duke of Cambridge's Own. ( Middlesex Regiment)
He died on the 15.07.1916 he was nineteen years of age. Walter is commemorated at Thiepval Memorial, in France. In October of this year I and one of my daughters are going to make the journey to his grave side to pay our respects from his family, past, present and future.
Cpl. Walter Stanley Cox
British Army 1st Btn. Queen's (Royal West Surrey) Rgt.
(d.23rd April 1917)
Pte. William Henry Edwin Cox
British Army 9th (Service) Btn. Royal Warwickshire Regiment
from:26 Tew Park Road, Handsworth, Birmingham
My grandfather, Pte 22877 William H.E.Cox, from Handsworth, Birmingham served throughout the war with the 9th Service Battalion, Royal Warwickshire Regiment. Primarily serving in Mesopotamia, he was left for dead and was rescued by a passing officer who heard him moan/move. Regrettably no documentary evidence survives but it is believed that the officer did keep in contact for some time after the war. All papers were lost upon the death of his mother aged 99 in 1971. It is believed his mother did not see him at all throughout the course of the war.
He later helped set up the Royal British Legion branch in Handsworth, Birmingham and subsequently served as Hon. Secretary of the Legion's branch in Blackheath, Birmingham where he had moved with his family. Married to Gertrude Hilda Barrington, they had 2 children, Irene Hilda b.1927 and Clive William, b.1937. A third child, William H.S., died shortly after birth in 1931.
Wiliam is buried in St. Paul's Churchyard, Blackheath, Birmingham. I am his only grandchild but he did not live to see me. A greatly loved son, brother, husband, father and grandfather. Like so many, he did not speak of his wartime service. We are all so very proud of him.
Pte. William Ewart Cox
British Army Coldstream Guards
from:Witney, Oxfordshire
William Cox was my maternal grandfather. He was born on 6th of October 1891 at Thame, Oxon. He returned from WW1 and served as a Police Officer with the Oxfordshire Constabulary. He died on in 1957. I have no knowledge or information concerning his service time during WW1.
Able Sea. William James Cox
Royal Navy SS Hazelwood
from:Brixham, Devon
(d.18th October 1917)
William Cox served on HMS President and SS Hazelwood, a defensively armed merchant ship.
Cpl. William Thomas Cox
British Army 39th Brigade Royal Field Artillery
from:Woolwich
My grandfather, William Cox was invalided out of the Army in March 1917. My father Albert was born in 1918 but he never knew his father, so I donā€™t know anything really.
L/Cpl. Charles Coxall
British Army 6th Sqdn. Machine Gun Corps (Cavalry Brigade)
from:Clapton, London
(d.11th Jan 1918)
Charles Coxall served with 6th Squadron, Machine Gun Corps with the Cavalry Brigade.
Capt. Frederick George Coxen
British Army 40th Battery Royal Field Artillery
from:Tootingham, London
My grandfather Frederick Coxen joined the RFA as a reservist around 1907 and was called into active duty August 4th, 1914. By 1907 he had achieved the rank of Bombardier and when he was called to active duty he served in the newly created 40 battery which was part of the 43rd Brigade, first corp. He went over to France with the BEF in 1914 and fought in the battles of Mons, Marne, Anise, first Ypres, Neuve Chapelle, and second Ypres.
During the war he received a field promotion to 2nd Lieutenant and by the end of the war he held the rank of Captain. During the first part of the war he was in charge of establishing observation posts and maintaining telephone communications between the gun batteries and the observation posts. He kept a journal that has been handed down to me and I've created a website where I post excerpts.
I'm in the process of self publishing a book based on my grandfather's war journal and how it helped me try to keep a promise he made with three fellow soldiers but failed to keep. The four chums made a promise with each other that if one or more of them survived the war then those that survived would find the families of those that didn't make it back and tell them how and when their loved ones died. My grandfather was the only one that survived but he failed to keep his promise. I've spent the last two years trying to locate relatives with only marginal success. If anyone had a relative that served in the RFA, 43rd brigade, I would like to find out move information about those that served, especially those from the 40th battery.
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