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SECTION XIII Page 112 Download original document at bottom of page COX, G. C., Stoker, R.N. Volunteering in August 1915, he was posted to H.M.S. "Vulcan," which was engaged on patrolling and guard duties in the North Sea, especially with a view to enemy submarines, from that time on to the end of the war. In this ship he was still serving in 1920, and holds the 1914-15 Star, and the General Service and Victory Medals. 10, Atkinson Street, New Cross, S.E.14. COX, J. A. (D.C.M.), R.S.M. M.G.C. Mobilised on the outbreak of war, he proceeded to France in the following March, and did good service with his Corps, at Neuve Chapelle, Hill 60, and Ypres (II). Later he was awarded the Distinguished Conduct Medal for conspicuous bravery and devotion to duty at Festubert, Loos, Givenchy and Vimy Ridge. He was then transferred to Egypt, and took part in the big Advance on Jerusalem. He contracted malarial fever, and was finally demobilised in March 1919. He holds the 1914-15 Star, and the General Service and Victory Medals, in addition to the Distinguished Conduct Medal. 17, Hawkslade Road, Peckham, S.E.15. COX, J. A., Driver, R.F.A. Joining in August 1916, he proceeded with his Battery to France in the same year, and did good service, both as driver and signaller in the Ypres sector on the Somme and near Arras. The engagements in which he took part included those of Cambrai and Albert, and he served right through the Retreat and Advance of 1918 until the Armistice. He was demobilised in February 1919, and holds the General Service and Victory Medals. 4, Hichisson Road, Peckham, S.E.15. COX, J. H., Gunner, R.F.A. He volunteered in September 1914, and proceeded with his Battery to France in the following December. He took part in many engagements, and was in actions at Armentieres, Ploegsteert Wood, and Ypres, and later in the Somme Offensive, in which he was twice wounded. Suffering in addition from shell-shock, he was discharged in October of the same year as unfit for further service. In 1919 he re-enlisted in the Royal Engineers, and being transferred to the Military Mounted Police, returned to France, and served near Peronne until finally discharged in January 1920. He holds the 1914-15 Star, and the General Service and Victory Medals. 23, Faulkner Street, New Cross, S.E.14. COX, J. R., Sergt., R.F.A. Joining in January 1917, he was sent to France in the following September, and took part in the Battles of Cambrai, also, later in the Retreat and Advance of 1918, doing good service in his responsible rank on the Somme, at Menin Road, and in the taking of Lille. He served all through the final stages of the campaign, and after the Armistice was in the Army of Occupation on the Rhine. Demobilised in October 1919, he holds the General Service and Victory Medals. 46, Croft Street, Deptford, S.E.8. COX, T., Private, 20th London Regiment. He volunteered in July 1915, and after his training was engaged at Tadworth on important duties with his unit. He was later transferred to Woolwich Arsenal, where as a blacksmith, he rendered valuable services until his demobilisation. 17, Kossuth Street, Greenwich, S.E.10. COX, T., Private, 3rd (King's Own) Hussars. A Reservist, he was mobilised on the oubtreak of war, and proceeding to France took part in the Retreat from Mons, in the course of which he was wounded. Upon recovery he was sent to Ireland, where he served in the Military Police until the end of 1915, when he returned to France, and served through all the final operations of the war, being wounded at Amiens. After the Armistice he went with the Army of Occupation to the Rhine, and was eventually demobilised in May 1919. He holds the Mons Star, and the General Service and Victory Medals. 24, Howbury Road, Peckham, S.E.15. COX, W. G., Private, 20th London Regiment. Volunteering in May 1915, he was sent to France later in the same year. He took part in numerous engagements, including those on the Somme, where he received a serious wound which resulted in the loss of his left arm. He was invalided home, and after a period in hospital was discharged, owing to his injuries in 1916. He holds the 1914-15 Star, and the General Service and Victory Medals. 1, Elswick Road, Loampit Vale, S.E.13. COX, W. H. 1st Class Stoker, R.N. Serving in H.M.S. "Astria" at the outbreak of hostilities, he did good service in this ship which was engaged with the Grand Fleet in the North Sea, and later in the Mediterranean. Later he was aboard H.M.S. "Cornwallis" when she was blown up by an enemy torpedo, and was discharged as unfit for further service in December 1919. He holds the 1914-15 Star, and the General Service and Victory Medals. 72, Fawcett Road, Rotherhithe, S.E.16. COYLE, P. T., Sergt., R.F.A. A serving soldier he was stationed in India when war broke out in August 1914, and was shortly afterwards drafted to France. There he was in action during the Battles of the Marne, the Aisne, Ypres, Neuve Chapelle, St. Eloi, Hill 60, Festubert, Arras and Cambrai, and was wounded. In May 1918 he was sent to Russia, where he served until sent home for discharge in June 1919. He holds the 1914 Star, and the General Service and Victory Medals. 87, Porthcawe Road, Lower Sydenham, S.E.26. COZENS, T. H., Private, 2/9th Durham Light Inftry. Joining in July 1916, he was sent to Salonika in the same year, and took part in the operations on the Strums. Later he carried out guard duties at the Base on that front until the Armistice, after which he was demobilised in May 1919, from the Embarkation Camp at Karrasi, and holds the General Service and Victory Medals. 7, Reynolds Road, Peckham Rye, S.E.15. CRABB, J., L/Corporal, Royal Sussex Regiment. Joining in July 1918, he completed his training in England and reached the Western Front four days before the Armistice, after which he was sent to Egypt and Turkey and remained there doing guard and other duties until demobilised in March 1919. He holds the General Service and Victory Medals. 14, Marmont Road, Peckham, S.E.15. CRACKNELL, F., Private, Bedfordshire Regiment. Volunteering in September 1914, he passed through his training and was drafted to France in July of the following year, seeing much heavy fighting at various points of the line. On September 27th 1916, whilst taking part in the later stages of the great Offensive on the Somme he gave his life for King and Country, and was entitled to the 1914-15 Star, and the General Service and Victory Medals. His body lies in Thiepval Cemetery. "Nobly striving, He nobly fell that we might live." 11, Galleywall Road, Rotherhithe, S.E.16. CRACKNELL, H., Private, Bedfordshire Regiment. Joining in January 1918, he proceeded in the following July to the Western Front after his training, and did duty as a hospital attendant, until he was eventually demobilised in December 1919. He holds the General Service and Victory Medals. 11. Galleywall Road, Rotherhithe, S.E.16. CRACKNELL, H., Private, R.A.S.C. (M.T.) Volunteering in May 1915, he proceeded to Egypt at the end of the same year, and later to Salonika, where he rendered good service in connection with engagements on the Vardar and Struma rivers, also at Monastir. He continued to carry out the duties of transport on that front to the end of the campaign, and was finally demobilised in March 1919. He holds the 1914-15 Star, and the General Service and Victory Medals. 11, Galleywall Road, Rotherhithe, S.E.16. CRAMER, A. G., Private, R.A.S.C. Volunteering in May 1915, he proceeded overseas in the same year, and did good service in his Corps as a packer and loader of supplies of all kinds. Unfortunately he contracted rheumatism which became chronic, and led to his discharge as unfit for further service in May 1917. He holds the 1914-I5 Star, and the General Service and Victory Medals. 32, Tustin Street, Peckham, S.E.15. CRAMER, A. H., Steward, R.N. and Pte., M.G.C. Volunteering in 1915, he was posted to H.M.S. "Mantua," which was running to and from Buenos Aires with food supplies. After two years of this service he left the Navy, and joined the Machine Gull Corps in which he did good work at Ypres, Cambrai, on the Somme, and at Harvincourt in the great Advance of 1918. After his demobilisation in 1919, he joined the Mercantile Marine, and was serving on the R.M.S. "Saxonia" in 1920. He holds the 1914-15 Star, and the General Service and Victory Medals. 44, Tustin Street, Peckham, S.E.15. CRAMER, G. R., Driver, R.A.S.C. (M.T.) He volunteered in April 1915, and four months later proceeded to France, where he was employed in the transport of ammunition and supplies in the Ypres, Ploegsteert, Somme, Messines and Cambral sectors. He served at Bethune with the 71st Siege Battery, and took part in the Retreat and Advance of 1918. Returning home, he was demobilised in March 1919, and holds the 1914-15 Star, and the General Service and Victory Medals. 54, Cherry Gardens Street, Rotherhithe, S.E.16. CRAMER, P., Gunner, R.F.A. After volunteering in April 1915, he passed through his training and was sent with his Battery to France in the same year. He did good service in engagements on the Somme, and in various other sectors of the Battle Front. Whilst taking part in the Retreat of 1918, he was badly gassed, and being invalided to hospital in England, was eventually demobilised in March 1919, and holds the 1914-15 Star, and the General Service and Victory Medals. 111, Sumner Road, Peckham, S.E.15. 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