BORN HULL 1899. SON OF HERBERT HENRY COX & MARY METHAM, AT 3 PRINCES TERRACE, ELM STREET, HULL AND 10, PRINCES TERRACE, ELM STREET, QUEENS ROAD, HULL (WAR PENSION ADDRESSES).
HE ENLISTED IN HULL. FORMERLY, PRIVATE, 107216, NOTTS & DERBY REGIMENT. TRANSFERRED TO THE 7TH NORTHAMPTONSHIRE REGIMENT. HE DIED ON 24/04/1918, AGED 19
HIS DEATH WAS REPORTED IN THE HULL DAILY MAIL, ON 24/04/1919. UNMARRIED. HE LEFT FAMILY, SARAH ELIZABETH, HERBERT HENRY, RICHARD AND MARY.
BURIED AT PERNES CEMETERY, PAS DE CALAIS, FRANCE. HIS GRAVE INSCRIPTION, READS, “HE WAS ONLY SENT TO US FOR A SHORT TIME UNTIL WE MEET FROM HIS MOTHER”
HIS BROTHER HENRY & HIS WIFE ANNIE, JOYCE & RICHARD COX, ALL DIED IN THE SYKES STREET FIRE, ON 20/05/1931.
First name:
DAVID ROBERT LESLIE.
Military Number:
41229
Rank:
Private
Date Died
24/04/1918
Place died:
Pernes British Cemetery, Pas de Calais, France
Age:
19
10, PRINCES TERRACE, ELM STREET, QUEENS ROAD, HULL, EAST YORKSHIRE, UK
Place Buried
