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George Cox

In memory of:

Private George Cox

November 21, 1915

Military Service


Service Number:

419089

Force:

Army

Unit:

Canadian Infantry (Quebec Regiment)

Division:

42nd Bn.

Additional Information


Born:

August 1, 1884

Commemorated on Page 10 of the First World War Book of Remembrance. Request a copy of this page. Download high resolution copy of this page.

Burial Information


Cemetery:
Grave Reference:

III. B. 44.

Location:

BERKS CEMETERY EXTENSION is located 12.5 kilometres south of Ieper town centre on the N365 leading from Ieper to Mesen (Messines), Ploegsteert and on to Armentieres. From Ieper town centre the Rijselsestraat runs from the market square, through the Lille Gate (Rijselpoort) and directly over the crossroads with the Ieper ring road. The road name then changes to the Rijselseweg (N336). 3.5 kilometres along the N336 lies a fork junction with the N365. The N365 which forms the right hand fork leads to the town of Mesen. The BERKS CEMETERY EXTENSION lies 3 kilometres beyond Mesen on the right hand side of the N365 and opposite Hyde Park Corner Royal Berks Cemetery.

Information courtesy of the Commonwealth War Graves Commission.

Digital Collection

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  • Newspaper clipping– From the Montreal Star 1915. Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me
  • Newspaper clipping– From the Montreal Star 1915. Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me
  • Attestation Papers– Source: Library and Archives Canada
  • Attestation Papers (Reverse)
  • 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 801 of 900. Initially buried in Rosenberg Chateau Military Cemetery. In 1930 the bodies of soldiers buried here were exhumed and re-interred in Berks Cemetery Extension.
  • Diary– The deaths of George Johnston (November 12th), Richard Smith Marshall (November 19th) and George Cox (November 21st) were reported in the War Diary of the 42nd Canadian Infantry Battalion for November 1915.

Source:  War Diary 42nd Canadian Infantry Battalion.  War Diaries of the First World War. Library and Archives Canada
Source:  War Diary 42nd Canadian Infantry Battalion.  War Diaries of the First World War. Library and Archives Canada
  • Entrance
  • Grave Marker– Photo courtesy Wilf Schofield, England

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