Today | News | Books | Recipes Adventure | Science Fiction | Ghost stories | Poetry | Children | History Bookhad to get back. He was killed outright and suffered no pain. He is a great loss to us all." He was mentioned in F.M. Sir John French's Despatch of 7 Sept. [London Gazette, 20 Oct. 1914.] [Illustration: =John Burnett Cownie.=] =COX, ALAN EDWARD GEORGE=, Ordinary Telegraphist, No. 15439, H.M.S. Cressy, 1st _s._ of William Edward Cox, of 138, Chingford Road, Walthamstow, Metropolitan Police Constable, by his wife, Clara Louisa, dau. of the late William McNally; _b._ Devonport, 30 Nov. 1895; educ. William Morris School, Walthamstow; joined the Navy, 10 Jan. 1911, and was lost when H.M.S. Cressy was torpedoed in the North Sea, 22 Sept. 1914; _unm._ Letters from surviving comrades to the parents tell how he remained bravely at his post until the last moment. He had been specially promoted to be Telegraphist by Capt. Johnson on 1 Sept., and was a very promising operator. After leaving the training ship Impregnable, he served in several ships as wireless boy, and his first rating as Wireless Operator was on the ill-fated Cressy. [Illustration: =Alan Edward George Cox.=] =COX, ANTHONY=, Stoker (R.F.R., B. 978), 281549, H.M.S. Aboukir; lost in action in the North Sea, 22 Sept. 1914. =COX, CHARLES=, Chief Ship's Cook, 344105, H.M.S. Good Hope; lost in action off Coronel, on the coast of Chili, 1 Nov. 1914. =COX, CHARLES ALBINE=, A.B. (R.F.R., B. 5348), 194734, H.M.S. Good Hope; lost in action off Coronel, on the coast of Chili, 1 Nov. 1914. =COX, ERNEST WILKIN=, Private, No. 12/710, 16th Infantry Battn. New Zealand Expeditionary Force, 5th _s._ of Edmund Blatchford Cox, of Roto-o-Rangi, Cambridge, Auckland, New Zealand, by his wife, David Ann, dau. of Robert Wilkin, of Christchurch, New Zealand; _b._ Hamilton, Waikato, Auckland, 11 April, 1893; educ. Waikato; was employed on his father's property; volunteered and joined the New Zealand Expeditionary Force, on the outbreak of war in Aug. 1914; left for Egypt with the Main Body in Oct.; embarked for the Dardanelles, 12 April, 1915, and was killed in the landing at Gaba Tepe on the 25th of that month; _unm._ He was a great athlete, with a strong inclination for engineering. [Illustration: =Ernest W. Cox.=] =COX, FRANCIS THOMAS=, Ch. E.R.A., 1st Class, 268129, H.M.S. Good Hope; lost in action off Coronel, on the coast of Chili, 1 Nov. 1914. =COX, FRANCIS WILLIAM=, A.B. (R.F.R., I.C. 668), 195409, H.M.S. Good Hope; lost in action off Coronel, on the coast of Chili, 1 Nov. 1914. =COX, HARRY=, Seaman, R.N.R., 4978B, H.M.S. Cressy; lost in action in the North Sea, 22 Sept. 1914. =COX, HORACE RAYMOND=, Private, No. 1125, 10th Battn. Australian Imperial Force; 3rd _s._ of William Cox, Butcher, by his wife, Ada Cox (26, Brock Street, Kirkdale, Liverpool), dau. of Henry Boden; _b._ Kirkdale, Liverpool, 12 May, 1893; educ. Westminster Road Schools, and Training Ship Indefatigable; was for sometime in the employ of the White Star Line, and emigrated to Australia in August, 1910. He joined the Commonwealth Expeditionary Force on the outbreak of war; was wounded in the landing at the Dardanelles, 25 April, 1915, and died in Hospital at Cairo, 8 May following; _unm._ =COX, HUBERT POMEROY=, Rifleman, No. 2089, 1/16th (Queen's Westminster Rifles) Battn. The London Regt. (T.F.), 3rd and yst. _s._ of the late Henry Cox, Permanent Way Inspector, Great Western Railway, by his wife, Kate (158, Darnley Road, Gravesend, Kent), dau. of the late Henry Courteen, of Redbrook, co. Monmouth; _b._ Weston-super-Mare, co. Somerset, 5 March, 1891; educ. Watford. He enlisted in the Queen's Westminster Rifles on the day war was declared, went out to France with his regt. 3 Nov. 1914, and passed through all the critical fighting of Nov. and Dec., until he was killed in action by a shell at Chapelle d'Armentières Town Hall, 19 Dec. 1914. He was buried in the military cemetery, Armentières; _unm._ The following is an extract from a letter from the officer commanding his platoon: "He had done so well in the company since he joined and proved himself a hard worker and a good soldier." And his Sergt. wrote, describing his death: "The battn. had come out of the trenches, and A Coy. were in their billet (Town Hall) when the shell burst. We were all so sorry about it for he was very much loved by all his comrades." He was a man of splendid physique, taking an active part in all athletic games. At the school sports during his last term he carried off no fewer than 13 prizes and medals. [Illustration: =Hubert Pomeroy Cox.=] =COX, RICHARD ARTHUR=, A.B. (R.F.R., Ch. B. 9957), S.S. 2497, H.M.S. Cressy; lost in action in the North Sea, 22 Sept. 1914. =COX, SWITHIN JOHN=, Third Writer, 347960, H.M.S. Pathfinder; lost when that ship was sunk by a mine, about 20 miles off the East Coast, 5 Sept. 1914. =COX, SYDNEY DOUGLAS=, Private, No. 2130, 6th Battn. Australian Imperial Force, yst. _s._ of Harry Cox, of 20, Manners Road, Ilkeston, Derby, formerly of Aldershot and Andover, retired Printer and Stationer, by his wife, Elizabeth, dau. of Joseph Stephenson, of Burley Road, Leeds; _b._ Stratford-on-Avon, co. Warwick, 7 Aug. 1891; educ. Broomy Hill Academy, Hereford; relinquished a lucrative position on the Midland Railway and went to Australia to take up farming in May, 1910, commencing as a farm hand at Stratford, Gippsland, and after three years being placed in charge of the farm. When the call of the Motherland was heard "down under," he instantly responded, was enrolled in the 2nd, but was afterwards transferred to the 1st, Australian Contingent, took part in the repulse of the Turkish attack on the Suez Canal, and was killed in action at the Dardanelles, 8 May, 1915; _unm._ He was a good linguist, being able to speak two or three languages fluently. [Illustration: =Sydney Douglas Cox.=] =COX, THOMAS=, L.-Corpl., No. 11359, 1st Battn. Coldstream Guards, _s._ of Charles William Cox, of 3, Folkestone Road, Swindon, Foreman, Swindon Suridge Works, late Private, Grenadier Guards, by his wife, Eliza, dau. of Thomas Jenings, of Ossett, Essex; _b._ Swindon, co. Wilts, 29 Oct. 1894; educ. King William Street Church School there; enlisted in the 3rd (Special Reserve) Battn. of the Wiltshire Regt., 9 May, 1910, and passed into the 2nd Battn. 21 Oct. 1910, obtaining his discharge, 30 Jan. 1911. He was then employed in the Great Western Railway Works at Swindon until the outbreak of war, when he enlisted in the Coldstreams, 29 Aug. 1914. He was wounded in action at Givenchy, 23 Dec. 1914, and died in hospital at Wimereux on 29 Dec. 1914; _unm._ =COX, WALTER=, Private, No. 6964, 3rd Battn. Coldstream Guards, _s._ of William Cox, by his wife, Maria (Alveston, Stratford-on-Avon), dau. of (--); _b._ Alveston, co. Warwick, 15 Oct. 1885; educ. Tiddington, near Stratford-on-Avon; enlisted at Birmingham, and was officially reported as wounded and missing after the fighting at Landrecies, 23 Aug. 1914, and is now assumed to have been killed in action on that day. =COX, WILL |