Name
Charlie George Cox
1894
Conflict
First World War
Date of Death / Age
07/01/1916
Rank, Service Number & Service Details
Lance Corporal
19213
Bedfordshire Regiment
7th Bn.
Awards: Service Medals/Honour Awards
1914 /15 Star, British War and Victory medals
Cemetery/Memorial: Name/Reference/Country
DANTZIG ALLEY BRITISH CEMETERY, MAMETZ
II. D. 3.
France
Headstone Inscription
None
UK & Other Memorials
Not on the Barkway memorials
Pre War
Charley (Charlie) George Cox was born in 1894 in Barkway, Hertfordshire, the son of Walter and Elizabeth Cox, and baptised on 12 August 1894 at Barkway. He was one of three children.
On the 1901 Census the family were living at 15 Bruce Road, South Mimms, Herts and his father was working as a tailor. By 1911 they had moved to Talbot Road, Luton, Beds and Charley was then working as a packer of straw hats.
His parents later lived at 166 North Street, Luton, Beds
Wartime Service
He enlisted in Bedford and joined the Bedfordshire Regiment, serving with the 7th Battalion in France from 26 July 1915. At some point he was promoted from Private to Lance Corporal.
Charley was killed in action on 1 July 1916, the first day of the Battle of the Somme. He was originally buried near where he fell and was exhumed at the end of the war and re-buried in Dantzig Alley British Cemetery, Mametz.
Additional Information
His father received a war gratuity of £7 and pay owing of £6 7s 7d. His mother received a pension of 5 shillings a week.
N.B. Charley's birth was originally registered and baptised with the 'y' spelling, but sometimes changed to Charlie or Charles on military records.
Acknowledgments
Brenda Palmer
Paul Johnson, Adrian Pitts
