Service Details
Name:
 COX
Given Name:
 EDGAR WILLIAM
Initials:
 E W
Rank:
 Brigadier General
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Regiment:
 General Staff
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Unit:
 Head of Intelligence at G.H.Q.
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Former Regiment:
 formerly Royal Engineers
Date of Death:
 1918-08-26
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Age:
 36
Cause of Death:
 Drowned whilst swimming off Berck Plage
Decorations:
 D S O, Officer of the Order of the Crown (Belgium), Officer of the Order of Saint Maurice and Saint Lazarus (Italy), Croix de Cheavlier (France)
Citations:
 Croix de Chevalier (France) LG Sup 8 November 1915 pg. 11028, Officer of the Order of Saint Maurice and Saint Lazarus (Italy) LG Sup 8 March 1920 pg. 2871
Additional
Information:
Son of George William and Louisa Hannah Cox; husband of Nora Ingram Cox, of Morningside, Pietermaritzburg, Natal, South Africa.
Commemoration
Country:
 France
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Locality:
 Pas de Calais
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Cemetery:
 ETAPLES MILITARY CEMETERY
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Grave Reference:
 XXVIII. O. 4.

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