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Military service
Service number:
20458
Age:
38
Rank:
Company Quarter Master Sergeant
Force:
Army
Unit/Regiment:
Canadian Infantry (Alberta Regiment)
Birth:
September 19, 1879
London, England
Enlistment:
September 27, 1914
Valcartier
Death:
November 11, 1917
Burial/memorial information
Grave reference:
Panel 24 - 28 - 30
Additional information
Son of Henry and Rosella Cox. Brother of Alice Cox.
Digital gallery of Company Quarter Master Sergeant William George Cox
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Photo of William George Cox
The W. R. Brock Co. Ltd. Roll of Honour appeared in "Canada's Aid to the Allies" and "Peace Memorial" published by the Montreal Standard Printing Co. Ltd., Montreal. This large glossy publication included numerous Rolls of Honour belonging to Canadian businesses and was published shortly after the war's end. W. R. Brock Co. sold wholesale dry goods, smallwares, furnishings. Offices were located in major cities throughout Canada. William George Cox's photo appeared on the full page Roll of Honour. He was from the company's Calgary warehouse. -
Honour Roll
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Memorial
Inscription on the Menin Gate … photo courtesy of Marg Liessens
Digital gallery of
Company Quarter Master Sergeant William George Cox
Digital gallery of
Company Quarter Master Sergeant William George Cox
Digital gallery of
Company Quarter Master Sergeant William George Cox
In the Books of Remembrance
Commemorated on:
Page 222 of the First World War Book of Remembrance.
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