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Rifleman JOHN BENJAMIN COX

Service Number: R/1090
Regiment & Unit/Ship

King's Royal Rifle Corps

12th Bn.

Date of Death

Died 12 September 1915

Age 17 years old

Buried or commemorated at

RUE-DU-BACQUEROT NO.1 MILITARY CEMETERY, LAVENTIE

II. C. 5.

France

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  • Country of Service United Kingdom
  • Additional Info Son of Charles and Annie Cox, of Nonsuch Farm, Cheam, Sutton, Surrey.
  • Personal Inscription IN LOVING MEMORY OF OUR DEAR JACK WHO DIED FOR HIS COUNTRY'S SAKE
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Buried or commemorated at

RUE-DU-BACQUEROT NO.1 MILITARY CEMETERY, LAVENTIE
Pas de Calais France
Number of casualties: 635
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