Cox, G H

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Private George Henry Cox

Family/Last name:
Cox
Forename(s) and initial(s):
George Henry
Nationality:
British
Service number:
203368
Military Unit:
British Army, Worcestershire Regiment
Rank when captured:
Private
Place of capture:
France
Camp
Stalag VIIIB Lamsdorf / Stalag 344
Died while POW:
Yes
Data sources
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203368 Private George Henry Cox

10th Worcestershire Regiment

Died as a prisoner of war in Germany 14-10-1918

Buried Berlin South-Western Cemetery Germany Plot 16 Row A Grave 8 

Memorials in St Andrews & Methodist Church

Private Cox, aged 32, the second son of Mr Albert Cox of Old Church Road, and husband of J Cox of 35 Strode Road, enlisted in Clevedon in June 1916 and went out to France the following October. After six months of near starvation he died of dysentery at Lamsdorf, Germany. He left a widow and two small children. For some time he had been in the employ of the Clevedon Mercury.

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