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South Warwickshire Family History Society War Memorial Transcription Project

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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

F W Cox

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

  • 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

Circumstances of Death

Frederick was wounded at El Arish and died of those wounds on 20 Apr 1917 (Hon. H. A. Adderley's book The Warwickshire Yeomanry in the Great War). More to follow (as of 12/5/2024)

El Arish Redoubt was SW of the city of Gaza (see map below).

Gaza Battle Map
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 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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