Private Harry (Henry Lazarus) Cox

Army Number: 13686

Battalion: 1st Battalion Sherwood Foresters (Notts & Derbys) Regiment.

Born at Barlborough, Derbyshire. Son of Lazarus and Annie Cox, of Station Cottages, Spinkhill, Chesterfield, Derbyshire. He was a coal miner prior to enlisting on 25th August 1914 at Allestree, Derbyshire. He was posted to the 1st Battalion Sherwood Foresters (Notts & Derbys) Regiment, 27th December 1914 and suffered severe gunshot wounds to his right thigh and abdomen. He died of wounds on 5th February 1915, at No. 2 General Hospital, Wimereux, France.

Died: 5th February 1915.

Buried: Wimereux Communal Cemetery, France. Plot 1. Row C. Grave 28.

Private Harry (Henry Lazarus) Cox is also commemorated on the following local memorials:-
Barlborough Memorial Garden War Memorial, Barlborough, Derbyshire.
St. James’s Church War Memorial, Barlborough, Derbyshire.
Renishaw War Memorial, Renishaw, Derbyshire
Spinkhill, War Memorial, Spinkhill, Derbyshire