In Memory Of

WILLCOX, CHARLES

Service Details
Age:
 26
Date of Birth:
 -0001-11-30
Service No:
 8572
Rank:
 Company Serjeant Major
Unit:
 3rd Bn.
Regiment:
 Somerset Light Infantry
Date of Death:
 1919-12-04
Cause of Death:
 Accidentally killed, whilst boxing at the National Sporting Club, London
Commemoration
Grave Reference:
 III. 7. 2.
Cemetery:
 BRIDGWATER (WEMBDON ROAD) CEMETERY (CHURCH PORTION)
Localitly:
 Somerset
Country:
 United Kingdom
Additional Information
Decorations:
 D C M, Russian Order of St. George, 4th Class, Mentioned in Despatches (twice)
Citations:
 DCM LG 17 December 1914 - "For skill and gallantry in leading his men in house to house fighting at Le Gheer, on 21st October", Russian Order of St. George, 4th Class LG Sup 25 August 1915. MID LG Sup 19 October 1914 - "Sir John French's Despatch dated 8 October, 1914"; MID LG Sup 29 May 1917 - "Sir Douglas Haig's Despatch of 9th April, deserving of special mention"
Son of Mrs. S. E. Willcox, of 298th St., La Rochelle, Johannesburg, Transvaal, South Africa.