COX Frank

  • First Name(s):
    Frank 
  • Surname:
    COX
  • Service Number:
    58028
  • Rank:

    Gunner

  • Conflict:
    WW1
  • Service:
    Army
  • Army Sector:
    Artillery
  • Corps:
    Royal Field Artillery
  • Brigade:
    100th Brigade
  • Unit:
    C Battery
  • Former Units:
    None
  • Date of Death:
    13th July 1916
  • Age At Death:
  • Place of Death:
    Unknown
  • Place of Burial:
    Salonika (Lembet Road) Military Cemetery, Greece, Grave 245.
  • Place of Birth:
    Unknown
  • Home Town:
    Unknown
  • Casualty's Relatives:
    Unknown
Remember The Fallen - Lest We Forget

COX Frank Is Named On These Memorials

Badsey Council School
Wickhamford St John the Baptist Church
Wickhamford Village Hall

Notes About The Memorial(s) Listed Above

Wickhamford St John the Baptist Church with the information: Gunner, R.F.A.

Further Information About COX Frank

Resident Evesham, Worcestershire, enlisted Worcester.

Appears in the Worcester/Worcestershire Roll of Honour Book for army casualties located in Worcester Cathedral.

Frank Cox was born on 30th July 1898, the son of William and Alice Cox. He attended Badsey Council School from 3rd April 1905, it is not known when he left the school. On the 1911 census the family were living on Pitchers Hill. The August 1916 edition of the parish magazine reported that Gunner Frank Cox of the RFA had died of heatstroke on 13th July. A memorial service was held at Wickhamford on 4th August.

Source for additional information:   http://www.badsey.net/history/sch1900.htm

http://www.badseysociety.uk/world-war-one/war-memorials-wickhamford

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