L/Corporal 310088 Frederick William COX

South Warwickshire Family History Society War Memorial Transcription Project

The Fallen Men of South Warwickshire - World War One

L/Corporal 310088 Frederick William COX - 1st/1st Warwickshire Yeomanry

Killed in Action on Friday 20th April 1917 aged 23

Military History


Theatre of War	Medals	Commonwealth War Grave or Memorial
Israel and Palestine	1914-15 Star, British War & Victory Medals	Deir el Belah War Cemetery

Arrived in Theatre	Medal Citation (if app)	SWFHS Area Memorials
20 Apr 1915 in Eygpt	~	Long Lawford
		Newbold on Avon
Action, Battle or Other Reason Killed	Date and Place Enlisted	Warwickshire Yeomanry Memorial
t.b.a	August 1914 at Warwick

Place of Death	Previous Regiments or Units
Deir El Belah	Original Service # 2280

Service History and Circumstances of Death

Frederick is listed as dying of wounds on 20th April 1917 and was buried at the Deir el Belah War Cemetery which was used by Field Ambulances and, from April 1917 by the 53rd, 54th, 66th and 74th Casualty Clearing Stations, and the 69th General Hospital.

Service History
Circumstances of Death

Service History
Circumstances of Death

Service History

August 1914 - Enlisted at Warwick as Pte 2280 with brother George Pte 2281
20 Apr 1915 - Arrived in Egypt having sailed from Devonport and eventually billeted at Chatby Camp
14 Aug 1915 - Sailed from Egypt to Gallipoli, aboard HMT Ascania with brother George, as part of the first continigent of the 1st/1st to arrive there
18 Aug 1915 - Arrived off the coast of Turkey at Suvla Bay and disembarked under fire onto the beaches there.
24 Nov 1915 - Having survived the subsequent fighting Frederick sailed from Gallipoli to Alexandria where they arrived on 28 Nov 1915

Personal & Family History

Birth Date/Place	Baptism Date/Place
7 Sep 1893 in Long Lawford

Parents Names	Abode
Joseph Edgar and Mary Elizabeth Cox	Lodge Farm, Long Lawford

Schools	Colleges
Lawrence Sherriff School, Rugby	~

Address History	Employment History
1893 - Long Lawford	1901 - Scholar
1901 - Farm House, Long Lawford	1911 - Working on Family Farm
1911 - Lodge Farm, Long Lawford
1914 - Lodge Farm, Long Lawford

Our thanks to Philip Wilson and the Warwickshire Yeomanry Museum for help with this page
Information was also provided by the book The Warwickshire Yeomanry in the Great War by the Hon. H. A. Adderley

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