COX Christopher Philip Bernard

The birth of Christopher P.B. Cox is registered in the March Quarter 1921 under the Kings N. (Norton) Registration District, mother’s maiden name: Hopwood.

Bromsgrove Weekly Messenger, Saturday 29th April 1944:
BARNT GREEN OFFICER KILLED IN ACTION
Major and Mrs George B. Cox, of Shepley Knoll, Barnt Green, received notification last week-end that their only son, Lieutenant (Temporary/Captain) Christopher P.B. Cox, R.A., has been killed in action in Burma.

Lieut. Cox was educated at St Mary’s College, The Mount, Sheffield, and Cotton College, North Staffs. On leaving school he entered the office of his father, Major G.B. Cox, to study for the architectural profession. A keen rugby footballer, he was a member of the Moseley Football Club. He joined the Territorial Army and was commissioned in the Royal Warwickshire Regiment in July, 1939, prior to the outbreak of war. He served in anti-aircraft defences in the Midlands and in Northern Ireland during the period of the heaviest air attacks on this country. Later, in order to satisfy his keenness for more active service, he volunteered for transfer to the Indian Army in May 1942, attaining the rank of Captain, and later for Paratroops. He was killed in action whilst serving as a paratroop officer in the recent operations on the Burma front.
The report includes a photograph of Christopher Cox.

A letter from the Reverend J.F.D. Trimingham, Lickey Vicarage, dated 5th May 1950 with details of casualties for Lickey Parish can be found within war records held at Worcestershire Archives requesting that Captain Christopher Philip Bernard Cox, Royal Artillery be added to the county roll of honour.

Lieutenant C.P.B. Cox of Shepley Knoll, Barnt Green, Worcestershire appears on a list of men from the Bromsgrove District killed in the 1939 – 1945 war, provided by the Reverend C.W. Banner, “Tuffley”, 19 Stourbridge Road, Bromsgrove, dated 29th June 1950.