Private Charles William Cox

Army Number: 72099 formerly Private 30637 Bedfordshire Regiment

Battalion: 2/7th Battalion Sherwood Foresters (Notts & Derbys) Regiment.

Son of James and Zilpha Cox, of Wood End, Cranfield, Bletchley, Buckinghamshire. He enlisted at Bedford and was killed in action, 21st March 1918, whilst holding the line near Noreuil, France on the opening day of the German Spring Offensive or (Kaiserschlact)

Commemorated: Arras Memorial, France. Bay 7.

Private Charles William Cox is also commemorated on the following local memorials:-
St. Mary’s Church War Memorial, Hulcote, Bedfordshire.