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Ploegsteert Memorial, Belgium Ploegsteert Memorial, Belgium
First Name: James Last Name: COX
Date of Death: 18/12/1914 Lived/Born In: Bethnal Green
Rank: Private Unit: Royal Fusiliers1
Memorial Site: Ploegsteert Memorial, Belgium

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Enlisted-Finsbury

Served as LINES

 

On 18th December, 1914, the 1st Royal Fusiliers battalion of 17 Brigade, 6th Division, moved into the trenches near Chapelle d’Armentières where they remained until relieved on 23rd December. James Cox was killed, probably by sniper fire, on their first day back in these trenches.

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