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Canadian Virtual War Memorial

Ernest Herbert Cox

In memory of:

Lieutenant Ernest Herbert Cox

May 22, 1918

Military Service


Age:

30

Force:

Army

Unit:

Canadian Infantry (Manitoba Regiment)

Division:

8th Bn.

Additional Information


Son of Mr. H. P. Cox, of Winnipeg, Manitoba.

Commemorated on Page 390 of the First World War Book of Remembrance. Request a copy of this page. Download high resolution copy of this page.

Burial Information


Cemetery:
Grave Reference:

II. D. 4.

Location:

Avesnes-le-Comte is a large village in the Department of the Pas-de-Calais, approximately 16 kilometres west of Arras and 17.5 kilometres south-east of St. Pol. The AVESNES-LE-COMTE COMMUNAL CEMETERY lies between the road to Givenchy-le-Noble and a side road to the station about 1 kilometre north-west of the village and the EXTENSION is on the western side of it.

Information courtesy of the Commonwealth War Graves Commission.

Digital Collection

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  • Wedding Photo– Submitted for the project, Operation Picture Me
  • Roll of Service– From the "University of Toronto / Roll of Service 1914-1918", published in 1921.
  • Press Clipping
  • Photo of Ernest Cox– From: The Varsity Magazine Supplement Fourth Edition 1918
published by The Students Administrative Council, University of Toronto.  
Submitted for the Soldiers' Tower Committee, University of Toronto, by Operation Picture Me.
  • The Soldiers' Tower– The Soldiers' Tower was built at University of Toronto between 1919-1924 in memory of those lost to the University in the Great War. The names of the fallen were carved on the Memorial Screen seen at photo left. Photo:  K. Parks

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