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Military service
Service number:
27638
Age:
22
Rank:
Private
Force:
Army
Unit/Regiment:
Canadian Infantry (Central Ontario Regiment)
Division:
15th Bn.
Birth:
December 13, 1892
Death:
April 24, 1915
Burial/memorial information
Grave reference:
Panel 18 - 24 - 26 - 30
Digital gallery of Private Frank Cox
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Cap Badge
15th Bn cap badge. Submitted by Capt (Ret`d) S. W. Gilbert, 15th Battalion Memorial Project Team. DILEAS GU BRATH -
Shoulder Patch
1ST Division, 3rd Brigade shoulder patch worn by 15th Battalion (48th Highlanders of Canada). Submitted by Capt (Ret`d) S. W. Gilbert, 15th Battalion Memorial Project Team. DILEAS GU BRATH -
Memorial
One of two memorial plaques dedicated on 24 April 2010 to commemorate those members of the 15th Battalion (48th Highlanders of Canada) who fell during the 2nd Battle of Ypres 22-26 April 1915. This memorial is located on Gravenstafel Ridge. DILEAS GU BRATH -
Memorial
One of two memorial plaques dedicated on 24 April 2010 to commemorate those members of the 15th Battalion (48th Highlanders of Canada) who fell during the 2nd Battle of Ypres 22-26 April 1915. This memorial is located in the town of St. Julien. DILEAS GU BRATH -
Inscription
Menin Gate panel where Private Frank Cox is commemorated. Photo by BGen Young (ret) and submitted by Capt (ret) V Goldman of the 15th Bn Memorial Project. DILEAS GU BRATH -
Record of Service
Record of Service Card (front side). courtesy 48th Highlanders of Canada Regimental Museum. submitted by 15th bn Memorial Project Team. DILEAS GU BRATH -
Record of Service
Record of Service Card (reverse side). courtesy 48th Highlanders of Canada Regimental Museum. submitted by 15th bn Memorial Project Team. DILEAS GU BRATH -
Circumstances of Death Registers
Source: Library and Archives Canada. CIRCUMSTANCES OF DEATH REGISTERS, FIRST WORLD WAR Surnames: CORBI to COZNI. Microform Sequence 23; Volume Number 31829_B016732. Reference RG150, 1992-93/314, 167. Page 795 of 900. -
Memorial
Inscription on the Menin Gate … photo courtesy of Marg Liessens -
Reverse side of Photo
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Photo of Frank Cox
A genuine photo postcard of Frank Cox from the 15th Battalion. This card was found inside an album that was purchased at an estate sale in Nova Scotia back in 2020 by Andrew Webb-Trezzi and it remains in his collection. It depicts Cox with the Battalion mascot “Max”. Before the discovery of this card, no known image of Cox was available. During my research into Cox following the discovery of this card, I was able to identify him in another photo of 6 Highlanders. In this photo he is depicted kneeling on the left side in the front row holding a kitten. The only other man identified in this image is Private David Cunningham Miloy standing in the back middle. These photos were taken at West Down Camp South on Salisbury Plain at some point between the 16th of October when the battalion arrived there from Canada and the 16th of December when it relocated to Larkhill Camp. The man that went to London in search of Cox as is described on the reverse is currently unknown. -
Group Photo
. During my research into Cox following the discovery of this card, I was able to identify him in another photo of 6 Highlanders. In this photo he is depicted kneeling on the left side in the front row holding a kitten. The only other man identified in this image is Private David Cunningham Miloy standing in the back middle. These photos were taken at West Down Camp South on Salisbury Plain at some point between the 16th of October when the battalion arrived there from Canada and the 16th of December when it relocated to Larkhill Camp. The man that went to London in search of Cox as is described on the reverse is currently unknown. -
Newspaper clipping
Frank Cox is mentioned, From the Toronto Telegram June 1915. Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me -
Newspaper clipping
From the Toronto Telegram June 1915. Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me -
Newspaper clipping
From the Toronto Telegram November 1914. Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me
Digital gallery of
Private Frank Cox
Digital gallery of
Private Frank Cox
Digital gallery of
Private Frank Cox
Digital gallery of
Private Frank Cox
Digital gallery of
Private Frank Cox
Digital gallery of
Private Frank Cox
In the Books of Remembrance
Commemorated on:
Page 10 of the First World War Book of Remembrance.
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