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Cox, Edgar William

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Cemetery: Etaples Military Cemetery

Country: France

Area: Pas De Calais

Rank: Brigadier General

Force: Army

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Unit: General Staff formerly Royal Engineers.

Country of Service: British

Details: D S O Mentioned in Despatches. Drowned whilst swimming off Berck Plage 26th August 1918. Age 36. 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. XXVIII. O. 4.

Photograph by David Milborrow / Chris Cosgrove

Etaples Military Cemetery - Cox, Edgar William

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