Brigadier General EDGAR WILLIAM COX
Regiment & Unit/Ship
General Staff
Head of Intelligence at G.H.Q.
Date of Death
Died 26 August 1918
Age 36 years old
- Secondary Unit, Regiment formerly Royal Engineers
- Country of Service United Kingdom
- Awards Distinguished Service Order, Four times Mentioned in Despatches
- Additional Info Legion of Honour (Croix de Chevalier), Officer of the Order of the Crown (Belgium), Officer of the Order of Saint Maurice and Saint Lazarus (Italy). Son of George William and Louisa Hannah Cox; husband of Nora I. Cox, of Morningside, Pietermaritzburg, Natal, S. Africa.
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