Cox, Edward Albert (Ted)

Edward (Ted) was one of seven children. He had four sisters, Ellen, Florence, Minnie and Gerty. His three brothers were John, Ernest and Percy. Their father Albert was a Coachman. Ted, John and Ernest all joined the Worcester Regiment. John was killed six months before Ted. Ernest survived the war but was disabled.

Extract from ‘Warwick in the Great War’ by Graham Sutherland, by kind permission of the author:  “The Cox Brothers – under Lord Derby’s voluntary recruitment scheme started in 1915, men aged 18 to 41 who were not in essential employment were invited to make a public declaration promising to serve if needed, and they wore an arm band to show their willingness to fight if called upon. The three Cox brothers had made the declaration and were duly called up. Mr. and Mrs. Cox of 43 Emscote Road, both of them elderly, appealed to Lord Derby for their last son to be transferred to home duties. His two older brothers had been killed in France. He agreed, adding the proviso that their son would be sent abroad again if it proved necessary”

Note: Ted was killed at Gallipoli, not France as stated above

Another Sergeant in Ted’s regiment writes of his death – Warwick Advertiser 27th November 1915 p8: