| Surname: | Cox |
| Initials: | J |
| Rank: | Acting WOII |
| Army Number: | 1224 |
| Notes: | MFP. Served Home. Awarded the Long Service & Good Conduct Medal, Army Order 312 of 1917. Info from pension index card: John Cox, No. 1224 and post 1920 No. 7681312, A/CSM, MFP, 18/10/20 discharged, address: Derryhorn, Knockravin, Co Fermanagh, Ireland. Awarded pension for GSW right thigh and neurasthenia (physical and mental exhaustion). Post 1922 No. 7681312. 18/10/1920 discharged no longer physically fit for service. Info from Pension Index Card:- Cox, John, MFP, 1224, 768132, 18/10/1920, 24/11/1920, 12/MC/2645, dis, awd. recd. same symbol given as service pension, Derryhorn, Knockravin PO, Co. Fermanagh, Ireland, Stamp: Ad 17/11/1920, 4/11/1920, at 24/-, 19/3d from 19/10/1920, 19/10/1920, to 18/10/1921, Life, Chelsea No. MVO. 2997 and s09201/F, Received 5/11/1920, 18/11/1920/ passed to accts. Division 23/1/1923. See Post 1920 No. 7681312. John Cox. He has the same No. as S/Sgt J Brown MPSC. Extract from the Weekly Irish Times 4 September 1920. Military Casualties in Ireland. Three killed, two died of wounds, 27 wounded. Big List For July. Wounded: Military Foot Police, Cox, 1224, Sergeant G Ball, P/19568, Lance Corporal, H J. Lindsay, P/18038, Lance Corporal, B Miller, 1534. Extract from the Sheffield Daily Telegraph 31 July 1920. THE COLLEGE GREEN SHOOTING. Of the three military foot police wounded in last night's shooting affray at College Green, L/Cpl Harry Ball, 29, who was struck by a bullet in the abdomen is reported to be in a precarious condition. he and Sergeant Cox and L/Cpl Steward, who were also wounded are progressing favourably, The formed one of three pickets of military police held up simultaneously on three sides of College Green by parties of armed civilians, who overpowered them and took away their revolvers. |