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Military service
Service number:
R/72605
Age:
25
Rank:
Warrant Officer Class II
Force:
Air Force
Unit/Regiment:
Royal Canadian Air Force
Division:
142 (R.A.F.) Sqdn
Birth:
April 22, 1917
Morell, Prince Edward Island
Enlistment:
September 13, 1940
Charlottetown, Prince Edward Island
Death:
June 2, 1942
Burial/memorial information
Grave reference:
Sec. 116. Row H. Grave 8.
Additional information
Son of Russell Nelson Cox and Katherine Webster Cox, of Charlottetown, Prince Edward Island.
Digital gallery of Warrant Officer Class II Robert Leith Cox
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Newspaper Clipping
From the Charlottetown PEI newspaper The Guardian. Submitted for the project, Operation: Picture Me -
Cemetery
This is a view of the WW2 section of Grimsby (Scartho Road) Cemetery where Robert Cox is buried. -
Grave Marker
Robert Cox's grave marker. In 1942, 142 Squadron was flying Wellington MkIV bombers. He joined the Squadron as a pilot on 13th May 1942. -
Newspaper Clipping
From the Charlottetown PEI newspaper The Guardian. Submitted for the project, Operation: Picture Me -
Memorial
Father J P Lardie's comments as inscribed on the Bomber Command Memorial Wall in Nanton, AB … photo courtesy of Marg Liessens -
Memorial
Warrant Officer Class II Robert Leith Cox is also commemorated on the Bomber Command Memorial Wall in Nanton, AB … photo courtesy of Marg Liessens -
Memorial
Warrant Officer Class II Robert Leith Cox is commemorated on the Bomber Command Memorial Wall in Nanton, AB … photo courtesy of Marg Liessens
Digital gallery of
Warrant Officer Class II Robert Leith Cox
Digital gallery of
Warrant Officer Class II Robert Leith Cox
Digital gallery of
Warrant Officer Class II Robert Leith Cox
Digital gallery of
Warrant Officer Class II Robert Leith Cox
Digital gallery of
Warrant Officer Class II Robert Leith Cox
Digital gallery of
Warrant Officer Class II Robert Leith Cox
Digital gallery of
Warrant Officer Class II Robert Leith Cox
In the Books of Remembrance
Commemorated on:
Page 67 of the Second World War Book of Remembrance.
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GRIMSBY (SCARTHO ROAD) CEMETERY Lincolnshire, United Kingdom
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