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Surname:Cox
Initials:A
Rank:Lance Corporal
Army Number:P/15938
Notes:MFP. Awarded the Victory and War Medals. First served abroad (1) France, 23/5/16 to 7/9/17. Formerly Pte. 4 Gloucestershire Regiment. No. 2141. Enlisted age 31.6 years, home address: 33 Owen Street, Easton, Bristol. 21/8/17 received gun shot wound to chest, 2/4 Gloucestershire Regiment. No. 200378. Served home 6/8/14 to 22/5/16, BEF 23/5/16 to 7/9/17, Home 8/9/17 to 5/3/19 to discharge. Transferred to MFP 3/7/18.
Info from pension index cards:- 8/MC/302. Cox, Albert, No. 15938, L/Cpl, MFP, 5/3/1919 discharged. born 1881, married 3/9/1904, address: 33 Owen Street, Easton, Bristol. 6/3/1919 awarded pension for gun shot wound to chest. Card marked Man deceased 17/1/1920. Also: Cox Florence (Mrs), 32 Owen Street, Easton, Bristol. P/15938, A/Cpl, A Cox, MFP. Cox Albert, P/15938, MFP, A/L/Cpl, DEATH 18/1/20 GSW, Chest, Widow, Florence, Mrs., 22 Owen Street, Easton, Bristol, No. for whom SA is paid three, opened on disability sheet 9/2/20. Also:; W.1. Case 176. Also: Cox, Albert, L/Cpl, Gloucestershire Regiment, MFP, P/15938, 5/3/19 to discharge, SFJ2030. 33 Owen Street, Easton, Bristol, Stamp: Ad - , at 5/6 from 6/5/19 to 9/3/20, Chelsea No. Z/Misc, MFP/718, 28/3/19.
Info from pension sheet MP Gen Form 55: 6/8/1914 enlisted, served France 23/5/1916 to 7/9/1919, 5/3/1919 discharged awarded pension for GSW to chest. 18/1/1920 he died age 36 at the Royal Infirmary, Bristol from pneumococcal meningitis.
5/2/1919 awarded £2 on the ? Demobilization Acquittance Roll.
Albert Cox.