Corporal Arthur Edward Cox

Army Number : 305159 (formerly 1509)

Battalion : 1/8th Battalion Sherwood Foresters (Notts & Derbys) Regiment.

Born at Morton, Bourne, Lincolnshire. He lived at 48, Appletongate, Newark, Nottinghamshire. Son of John William and Elizabeth Cox, of 126, Northgate, Newark. He was a Drayman prior to enlisting at Newark. He went to France 2nd March 1915 and died of wounds 24th April 1917, aged 32.

Buried  : Noeux-Les-Mines Communal Cemetery, France. Plot 1. Row Q. Grave 5.

Corporal Arthur Edward Cox is also commemorated on the following local memorials:-
St. Mary’s Church Borough of Newark Roll of Honour, Newark, Nottinghamshire.
St. Leonard’s Church War Memorial, Newark, Nottinghamshire.
Newark Cemetery, War Memorial, Newark, Nottinghamshire.
Victoria Embankment War Memorial, Nottingham.