BORN HULL 1882. SON OF TOM AND SARAH COX, AT 4, PERCY COTTAGES, NORNABELL STREET, HULL. A BRICKLAYER’S LABOURER. HIS WIFE ANNIE MATILDA COX & SIX CHILDREN, LIVED AT 9, GEORGES TERRACE, ST MARK STREET (1911 CENSUS) AND 1 BRIGHTON TERRACE, BRIGHT STREET, HULL.
HE ENLISTED IN BEVERLEY. SERVED WITH THE 1ST EAST YORKSHIRE REGIMENT. ARRIVED IN FRANCE, ON 25/09/1914. KILLED IN ACTION, AT YPRES, ON 09/08/1915, AGED 32. HIS ARMY EFFECTS WERE LEFT TO HIS WIDOW, ANNIE.
HE IS RECORDED AS KILLED ON THE NORNABELL STREET SHRINE. (Hull Daily Mail 08 November 1916).
HIS BROTHER, JOE COX DIED IN FRANCE, ON THE 21/02/1917. HIS OTHER BROTHER, JACK WAS ACCIDENTALLY KILLED IN EARLES SHIPYARD.
First name:
DAVID NORTHERN
Regiment:
Military Number:
657498
Rank:
Private
Date Died
09/08/1915
Place died:
Ypres (Menin Gate) Memorial, West-Vlaanderen, Belgium
Age:
32
4 PERCY COTTAGES, NORNABELL STREET, HULL, EAST YORKSHIRE, UK
Place Buried
