In Memory Of
COX, EDGAR WILLIAM
Service Details
Age:
36
Date of Birth:
-0001-11-30
Rank:
Brigadier General
Unit:
Head of Intelligence at G.H.Q.
Regiment:
General Staff
Former Regiment:
formerly Royal Engineers
Date of Death:
1918-08-26
Cause of Death:
Drowned whilst swimming off Berck Plage
Commemoration
Grave Reference:
XXVIII. O. 4.
Cemetery:
ETAPLES MILITARY CEMETERY
Localitly:
Pas de Calais
Country:
France
Additional Information
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
Son of George William and Louisa Hannah Cox; husband of Nora Ingram Cox, of Morningside, Pietermaritzburg, Natal, South Africa.
