COX Joseph James

  • First Name(s):
    Joseph 
    James 
  • Surname:
    COX
  • Service Number:
    36549
  • Rank:

    Private

  • Conflict:
    WW1
  • Service:
    Army
  • Army Sector:
    Infantry
  • Regiment:
    East Yorkshire Regiment
  • Battalion:
    12th Battalion
  • Former Units:
    Formerly 11646, Royal Engineers.
  • Date of Death:
    3rd May 1917
  • Age At Death:
    21
  • Cause of Death:
    Killed in action
  • Place of Death:
    Unknown
  • Place of Burial:
    Commemorated on Arras Memorial, France, Bay 4 and 5.
  • Place of Birth:
    Stourton, Stourbridge, enlisted Worcester
  • Home Town:
    Unknown
  • Casualty's Relatives:

    Son of Joseph and Eliza Alice Cox, of West View, Rushwick, Worcester

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COX Joseph James Is Named On These Memorials

Crown East School now in Crown East St Thomas’ Church
Crown East St Thomas’s Church Cox Memorial
Worcester Guildhall
Worcester St John in Bedwardine Church

Further Information About COX Joseph James

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

1901 Census
Farm House, Crown East, Bromyard Road
Joseph Cox, head, aged 43, Farm Bailiff, born Stourton
Alice Cox, wife, aged 38, born Kinver
Joseph J. Cox, son, aged 5, born Stourton

Joseph Cox enlisted in the Royal Engineers on 30th March 1915 and he was posted immediately to the Army Reserve. He was called up for service in 1916, embarking from the UK on 11th December 1916. On 13th December 1916 Joseph was posted to the East Yorkshire Regiment and joined his battalion on 16th January 1917. He was initially reported as ‘missing’ on 3rd May 1917.

Joseph Cox is remembered on his parents grave in the Churchyard at St Thomas, Crown East with the inscription:
ALSO OF THEIR BELOVED ONLY SON
JOSEPH JAMES
DIED ON ACTIVE SERVICE MAY 3RD 1917

A photograph of Private J.J. Cox of Crown East can be found in Berrow’s Worcester Journal Supplement, Saturday 23rd February 1918, available at Worcestershire Archives.

Joseph Cox has no known grave, the photograph available shows his name on Arras Memorial.

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