The Queens Own Royal West Kent Regiment
Private J W Cox
Private John William COX, G/19489, "C" Company, 7th Battalion, Queens Own Royal West Kent Regiment, killed in action, Flanders France, death assumed on or since, 12th October 1917, age 20.
Born Ilkeston, Derbyshire, son of George & Emily Cox, (nee Wilscher), of 16, Querneby Road, Mapperley, Nottinghamshire.
191 Census - 16 Belfield Street, Ilkeston, Derbyshire - George Cox, head, age 35, married, coal miner hewer, born Ilkeston, Derbyshire; Emily Cox, wife, age 32, married 13 years, 6 children, 1 still alive, born Ilkeston, Derbyshire; John William Cox, son, age 13, school, born Ilkeston, Derbyshire.
Enlisted Nottingham, Nottinghamshire, age 18 years & 5 months, height 5ft 1¾ inches, weight 102lbs, scar left thigh, right hip. Resided 75 Repton Road, Bulwell, Nottinghamshire. Formerly coal miner.
Home 11th December 1915 to 25th June 1917; BEF 26th June 1917 to 12th October 1917.
11th December 1915, enlisted; 12th December 1915, to Army Reserve; 25th March 1917, mobilized, age 19 years & 260 days; 2nd April 1917, posted 4th Battalion, Sherwood Foresters (Notts & Derby Regiment, Service No.82858; 26th June 1917, posted BEF & 10th Battalion; 21st July 1917, transferred to 7th Battalion, Royal West Kent Regiment; 12th October 1917, posted missing.
15th October 1919, Statement of Relatives - Father, George Cox, 16, Querneby Road, Mapperley, Nottinghamshire; Uncles / Aunts by blood- Arthur John Cox, age 38, 27 Swandling???? Road, Woodville; Walter Cox, age 31, Canal Side, Wharf Road, Pinoctin?; Sarah Jane Winfield, age 42, ?? Gordon? Road, Ilkeston; Elizabeth Hill, age 36, 92 Chapel Street, Ilkeston.
Commemorated at Tyne Cot Memorial, Panel 106 to 108, Zonnebeke, West-Vlaanderen, Belgium.
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