No.5406, Private, Frederick George COX
Aged 36
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Frederick George Cox was born in Cavenham in 1880 (Mildenhall Q2-1880 4A:623) son of Edward and Louisa COX (née COX).
1881 census...Aged 1, he was at 11 Cavenham Street, Cavenham with his father Edward COX [25] farm labourer; his mother Louisa [25] and sister Ethel Harriet [2]. All were born in Cavenham. 1891 census...Aged 11, he was at The Street, Cavenham with his parents; sisters Ethel, Elizabeth [9] and Alice [7]. The sister both born in Cavenham 1901 census...Aged 21, a gardener, he was at The Street, Cavenham with his parents (father now a thatcher) and sister Elizabeth 1911 census...Aged 30, a domestic gardener, he was at The Street, Cavenham with his parents (father now stockman). All four children still survived. His father died in 1916 |
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Frederick enlisted in Tuddenham. The war diary is very detailed for this day.In summary, the 8th East Surreys were attacking along the Montauban Ridge. They are recorded as "kicking footballs into no man's land" as they went, but they did reach their objective and dug in on the MAMETZ ROAD. CWGC records 140 killed, 8 buried in Carnoy, 32 in Dantzig Alley, 1 in Delville Wood and 98 have no known grave and are named on the Thiepval memorial. This action, the darkest day in British Army history saw over 60,000 casualties of which 20,000 were dead. The Memorial to the Missing of the Somme at Thiepval carries the names of over 72,000 men who have no known grave click here to go to the very comprehensive war diary for the battalion the 1st day of the battle of the Somme
Frederick is commemorated on his father's monument in Cavenham Churchyard click here to go to the Commonwealth War Graves Commission website for full cemetery/memorial details |
