Orders, Decorations, Medals and Militaria

Three: Sergeant C. Cox, Royal Field Artillery, who was Mentioned in Despatches in 1914, and was killed in action on the Western Front on 31 May 1916

1914 Star, with later slide clasp (27415 Cpl. C. Cox. R.F.A.); British War and Victory Medals (27415 Sjt. C. Cox. R.A.) nearly very fine (3) £140-£180

Charles Cox was born in Aldershot, Hampshire, and attested for the Royal Field Artillery at Liphook, Hampshire. He served with the 113th Battery during the Great War on the Western Front from 16 August 1914, and was Mentioned in Despatches (London Gazette 4 December 1914). He was killed in action on 31 May 1916, and is buried in Bully-Grenay Communal Cemetery Extension, France.