BORN HULL 1885. ONLY SON OF JAMES BACON COX (1859-1950) & BESSIE COX 91863-1915), OF 4, BRAMHAM AVENUE, WOODHOUSE STREET, HULL. SISTERS, HANNAH & MAUD. A CASUAL LABOURER.
HE MARRIED AMY CHARLOTTE AND HAD TWO DAUGHTERS, AMY & IRENE, LIVING AT 18, WOODHOUSE STREET, HULL AND 2, PERCY COTTAGES, NORNABELL STREET, HULL (WAR PENSION ADDRESS).
HE ENLISTED IN HULL. FORMERLY, PRIVATE, 205401, EAST YORKSHIRE REGIMENT. TRANSFERRED TO THE 1ST IRISH MUNSTER FUSILIERS. DIED OF WOUNDS, AT THE 1ST AUSTRALIAN HOSPITAL, ON 24/03/1918, AGED 33. BURIED AT ST. SEVER CEMETERY EXTENSION, ROUEN, FRANCE.
HIS ARMY EFFECTS WERE LEFT TO HIS WIDOW, AMY.
HIS DEATH WAS REPORTED IN THE HULL DAILY MAIL, ON 25/04/1918, AND IN THE HULL DAILY MAIL, ON 02/04/1918.
First name:
WALTER
Military Number:
15226
Rank:
Private
Date Died
24/03/1918
Place died:
St. Sever Cemetery Extension, Rouen, France
Age:
33
18, WOODHOUSE STREET, HULL, EAST YORKSHIRE, UK
