BORN HULL 02/10/1892. SON OF GEORGE COX (1843-1912) AND CAROLINE MARY LYONS (1850-1924), OF 7, BROAD SQUARE, MACHELL STREET, HULL (ARMY ADDRESS). BAPTISED AT ST CHARLES BORROMEO CATHOLIC CHURCH, ON 05/02/1894.
HE WAS A LABOURER IN THE LOCAL OIL MILLS. DESCRIBED AS 5 FOOT, 8, INCHES TALL, 156 LBS WEIGHT, 37.5-39 INCH CHEST, GREY EYES, BROWN HAIR, CATHOLIC RELIGION.
HE ENLISTED IN HULL, ON 08/09/1914, AGED 21. JOINED THE 11TH HULL PALS. SERVED IN EGYPT AND FRANCE. PROMOTED TO CORPORAL, ON 29/04/1916 AND LATER SERGEANT. WOUNDED IN LEFT HAND, ON 28/08/1916. TOOK PART AT THE BATTLE FOR SERRE, ON THE SOMME. WOUNDED A WEEK LATER. ON 20/11/1916 (SHELL WOUND TO LEFT FOOT AND RIGHT FOREARM). DISCHARGED FROM HOSPITAL, ON 23/03/1917. TRANSFERRED TO THE 7TH EAST YORKSHIRE REGIMENT. KILLED IN ACTION, ON 15/10/1917, AGED 24.
COMMEMORATED AT THE TYNE COT MEMORIAL, BELGIUM. HE HAD SERVED IN THE ARMY FOR 3 YEARS AND 38 DAYS,
UNMARRIED. HIS ARMY EFFECTS WERE LEFT TO HIS MOTHER, MRS CAROLINE MARY COX (1854-1924) LIVED WHO LIVED AT 7, BROAD SQUARE, MACHELL STREET, HULL (ARMY ADDRESS).
HIS NAME IS LISTED ON KINGS HALL CHURCH ROLL OF HONOUR, SYMONS STREET, HULL. AND ON THE ST CHARLES BORROMEO CHURCH WAR MEMORIAL, JARRATT STREET, HULL.
