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Private JOHN ALGAR COX

Service Number: 16099
Regiment & Unit/Ship

East Lancashire Regiment

"D" Coy. 2nd Bn.

Date of Death

Died 17 March 1915

Age 38 years old

Buried or commemorated at

BOULOGNE EASTERN CEMETERY

III. D. 35.

France

Commonwealth War Graves Commission - Headstone Placeholder
  • Country of Service United Kingdom
  • Additional Info Son of William Cox (Art Master) and Ellen L. Cox, of The Old Parsonage, Binstead, Ryde, Isle of Wight. Served in the South African Campaign. Enlisted in the East Lancashire Regt. at Cape Town, Aug., 1914.
  • Personal Inscription A VOLUNTEER FROM SOUTH AFRICA HE GAVE HIS LIFE FOR ENGLAND
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