The Roll of Honour, Volume 1 : A biographical record of all members of His…
1914. 2nd Lieut. Hewett wrote: “He was with my platoon when he was
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killed.... He was a splendid fellow, as plucky as you make them, and a
very fine leader and organiser. He would have made his mark and name
in this war had he lived. He was also a first-class sniper. He met his
death in the trench on my left flank, trying to locate a machine gun.
He was in front of the others, and it was owing to this that we could
not get his body in, though a Sergt. and myself tried. However, about
30 yards from it we got caught by machine gun fire and had 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,
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