Cox, Arthur: Service no. 802347 Military Medal

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Source: August 1918 casualty.

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Family Search: When Private Arthur Cox was born on 12 November 1889, in Minchinhampton, Gloucestershire, England, United Kingdom, his father, Joseph Cox, was 36 and his mother, Ellen Latham Close, was 35. He immigrated to Canada in 1905 and lived in London Township, Middlesex, Ontario, Canada in 1915. He registered for military service in 1915. In 1915, at the age of 26, his occupation is listed as carpenter in London, Ontario, Canada. He died on 28 August 1918, in Vis-en-Artois, Pas-de-Calais, France, at the age of 28, and was buried in Vimy, Pas-de-Calais, France.

Military Medal per London Gazette No. 31142, 24 January 1919.

News Clipping. Source Unknown. Circa August/September 1918. Via Operation Picture Me.
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“Killed in Action” On the afternoon of August 28th, 1918, he was instantly killed by an enemy shell.

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