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My 2x great grandmother Kate Cox, who lived in Caversham Road Reading, was presented with the service medal of her son Henry who had died in Pretoria in 1900 on 13 Sept 1901 at Council Cottages, Highmoor Cross. (Information from Medal Roll in NA at Kew). The archivists at Berkshire and Oxfordshire have told me that the address is in the parish of Rotherfield Greys in Henley RDC in Oxfordshire.
Can anyone tell me anything about these "Council Cottages" in 1901?
It is possible that my gt gt grandfather Henry Cox, a local Weights and Measures Inspector living in Reading was ill - with grief? as he committed suicide in 1906 following the death of his second son in 1905. Why would this medal be presented at a different address and county from the family home or Regimental HQ (Henry had been a Royal Berkshire Volunteer).
Moderator, I will post this on Berks as well if that is OK?
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