The Queens Own Royal West Kent R

The Queens Own Royal West Kent Regiment

Corporal E H Cox

Photograph by "Simon Tiron"

Corporal Edgar Howard COX, G/29996, 8th Battalion, Queens Own Royal West Kent Regiment, (formerly 31448, R.F.C), died of wounds, Flanders France, 16th October 1918, age 28.

Son of Henry Kimber & Jane Theresa Cox, of 79, St. Dunstan's Road, Hammersmith, London.

1911 Census - 79, St. Dunstan's Road, Fulham, Hammersmith, London - Henry Kimber Cox, head, age 58, married, coach trimmer, coach building, born Newbury, Berkshire; Jane Theresa Cox, wife, age 52, married 32 years, 6 children, 4 still alive, born London; Arthur Norman Cox, son, age 23, single, engineer, mining, born London; Edgar Howard Cox, son, age 21, single, coach trimmer, coach building. born London; George John Bowyer, boarder, age 15, single, boy clerk, Post Office Saving Bank, Civil Service, born Hoots? Hill?, Staffordshire; William Urall, boarder, age 17, single, boy clerk, Post Office Saving Bank, Civil Service, born Alresford, Hampshire; Oscar Lagg, boarder, age 20, single, brass finisher, motor trade, born Poole, Dorset.

1912 June Quarter, Fulham, married Justine Phoebe Mackenzie.

1913 June Quarter, Fulham, Henry Kimber Cox born.

Enlisted South Farnborough. Resided 1 Shirley Road, Bedford Park, W.

28th July 1919, Probate - Cox Edgar Howard of 1 Shirley Road, Bedford Park, Acton, Middlesex. Corporal 8th Battalion, Royal West Kent Regiment died 16th October 1918 at Cambrai, France. Administration London 28th July to Justine Pheby Cox, widow. Effects £376 2s 8d.

3rd March 1922, Probate - Cox Edgar Howard of 1 Shirley Road, Bedford Park, Acton, Middlesex, died 16th October 1918 in France. Administration (limited) London 3rd March to Henry Kimber Cox retired coach trimmer. Effects £350. Former Grant P.R. July 1919.

Buried at Cambrai East Military Cemetery, I. A. 11., Nord, France.

NOTE: Soldiers Died in the Great War show first names as Edgar Haward; CWGC website show them as Edgar Howard.

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