"They shall grow not old, as we that are left grow old.
Age shall not weary them, nor the years condemn.
At the going down of the sun and in the morning
We will remember them".
Charles Edward (known as Charlie to his family) Cox was born on 3rd October 1891 in Ireland to Charles Edwards Cox Snr, a retired Army Lance Sergeant and postmaster, and his wife Elizabeth Stacey. Charles's little sister Ada Agnes was born on 24th December 1892 but sadly passed away on 10th June 1893 aged just five months. A little brother Thomas Henry was born in the spring of 1895 but sadly he too was to pass away, aged just 6 weeks old in the May of 1895. Charles Edward Snr and Elizabeth had no further children together.
In 1901 Charles Edward is residing at Oxford Wood Barracks with his mother and father.
The 1911 Census finds Charles lodging at the house of Albert Rippington in Compton, Berkshire, where Charles is working as a railway porter for the Great Western Railway.
In 1915 in Maidenhead Berkshire Charles Edward Cox married Elsie Elizabeth May Groves, before moving into her family's home at 27 Grenfell Place Maidenhead.
Charles served with the Royal Engineers as a Sapper, a soldier who performs a variety of military engineering duties such as bridge-building, laying or clearing minefields, demolitions, field defences and general construction.
On 29th February 1920 Charles died of influenza, acute pneumonia, and heart failure at his home, 27 Grenfell Place, aged just 28 years old. Elsie was refused his war pension as the disease he died from was contracted after he was discharged from the Royal Engineers at the end of the war
Charles's father also re-enlisted to fight for his country in 1914 at the age of 49. He was later discharged as not being fit for any military action due to rheumatism in his wrists, elbows, back and hips.
In 1901 Charles Edward is residing at Oxford Wood Barracks with his mother and father.
The 1911 Census finds Charles lodging at the house of Albert Rippington in Compton, Berkshire, where Charles is working as a railway porter for the Great Western Railway.
In 1915 in Maidenhead Berkshire Charles Edward Cox married Elsie Elizabeth May Groves, before moving into her family's home at 27 Grenfell Place Maidenhead.
Charles served with the Royal Engineers as a Sapper, a soldier who performs a variety of military engineering duties such as bridge-building, laying or clearing minefields, demolitions, field defences and general construction.
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| 27 Grenfell Place, Maidenhead, Berkshire. |
Charles's father also re-enlisted to fight for his country in 1914 at the age of 49. He was later discharged as not being fit for any military action due to rheumatism in his wrists, elbows, back and hips.
Sad when they go through all that only to die from a disease they contracted in the war.
ReplyDeleteIt is very sad. To have lived through all that death, only to die yourself.
Deletea sad anniversary date his family would not have every year, though the memory of him would live on.
ReplyDeleteI didn't notice the significance of the day until now. Must be like being in a sort of limbo only having the anniversary of his death every four years.
DeleteI agree with Bill -- how disheartening to go through so much, only to die from pneumonia.
ReplyDeleteI like the design on this stone --- very nice photo!
Thank you. I agree with both you and Bill.
DeleteBritiah Commonwealth War Graves all follow the same design of gravestone. Only the company's badge would be different.
It is strangely comforting, seeing how your stones are just like the thousands we have in the Commonwealth War Cemeteries we have in Israel. The uniformity makes a common bond among the dead soldiers and those who miss them.
ReplyDeleteI just posted about a ceremony we will have in the Beersheba cemetery commemorating the 95th anniversary of the Light Horse charge.