James Joshua Cox

[*Sandra*]

Commonwealth War Graves Commission are appealing for blood relatives of Pvt James Joshua Cox, Yorkshire Regiment who died 16/2/1919 - buried Reading Cemetery.

Pvt Cox commemorated on a special memorial at Reading Cemetery. Grave has been identified and CWGC are in the process of producing a headstone to mark his grave.

https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/38773549/james-joshua-cox

PVT - Yorkshire Regiment 35577
PVT - Berkshire Regiment 71349

https://livesofthefirstworldwar.iwm.org.uk/lifestory/992236

If you are related or know of someone who is, CWGC would like to hear from you

Sandra

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1911 census 219 Southampton Street, Reading.

James Cox 50 Head
Mary Cox 51 Wife
David Thon Cox 22 Son
Gurtie Winifred Cox 20 Daughter
Robert Cox 19 Son
Violet Frances Cox 17 Daughter
James Joshua Cox   12   Son

Sandra

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1901 census 2 Whitley Street. Reading

James Cox 40 Head
Emely Cox 42 Wife
David J Cox 11 Son
Gertrude Cox 10 Daughter
Robert Cox 9 Son
Violet Cox 7 Daughter
James Cox    2   Son

Sandra

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Father passed in 1934

James Cox - 1860 - 1934  (aged 74 years)
Registration Quarter   Oct-Nov-Dec   Reading Berkshire
Volume   2c Page   405

Middlesex Advertiser and County Gazette
Hillingdon, London.
Fri, 28 Dec 1934 Page 14

https://www.newspapers.com/article/middlesex-advertiser-and-county-gazette/133323931/

Emily M D Cox 1856 = 1930  (aged 74 years)
Registration Quarter   Apr-May-Jun
Registration district   Reading   Berkshire
Volume   2c Page   406

Sandra

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This could be the brother David John Cox - died 25 September 1915

FIND A GRAVE (with a photograph)

Loos Memorial at Dud Corner Cemetery
Loos-en-Gohelle, Departement du Pas-de-Calais, Nord-Pas-de-Calais, France
PLOT Panel 94

Sandra

Added :- Confirms David and James were brothers

http://cemeteryjunctionwargraves.org.uk/j-j-cox-and-david-j-cox/

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Marriage of brother Robert Ernest Cox

Robert E Cox - 1913 to Stephanie Pound
Registration Quarter   Oct-Nov-Dec
Registration district   Reading Berkshire
Volume   2c Page   925

passed away 1959

Robert E Cox - 1892 - 1959  (aged 67 years)
Registration Quarter   Jul-Aug-Sep
Registration district   Reading Berkshire
Volume   6a Page   89

One daughter Gwendoline Stephanie Cox married 1939 to John Froud.
Gwendoline passed away 1986
Buried
St. George Churchyard
Wilton, Taunton Deane Borough, Somerset.

FIND A GRAVE

https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/225723792/gwendoline-stephanie-froud

Could be a few children from this union.

Sandra