The Roll of Honour, Volume 1 : A biographical record of all members of His…

killed.... He was a splendid fellow, as plucky as you make them, and a very fine leader and organiser. He would have made his mark and name in this war had he lived. He was also a first-class sniper. He met his death in the trench on my left flank, trying to locate a machine gun. He was in front of the others, and it was owing to this that we could not get his body in, though a Sergt. and myself tried. However, about 30 yards from it we got caught by machine gun fire and had to get back. He was killed outright and suffered no pain. He is a great loss to us all.” He was mentioned in F.M. Sir John French’s Despatch of 7 Sept. [London Gazette, 20 Oct. 1914.] [Illustration: =John Burnett Cownie.=] =COX, ALAN EDWARD GEORGE=, Ordinary Telegraphist, No. 15439, H.M.S. Cressy, 1st _s._ of William Edward Cox, of 138, Chingford Road, Walthamstow, Metropolitan Police Constable, by his wife, Clara Louisa, dau. of the late William McNally; _b._ Devonport, 30 Nov. 1895; educ. William Morris School, Walthamstow; joined the Navy, 10 Jan. 1911, and was lost when H.M.S. Cressy was torpedoed in the North Sea, 22 Sept. 1914; _unm._ Letters from surviving comrades to the parents tell how he remained bravely at his post until the last moment. He had been specially promoted to be Telegraphist by Capt. Johnson on 1 Sept., and was a very promising operator. After leaving the training ship Impregnable, he served in several ships as wireless boy, and his first rating as Wireless Operator was on the ill-fated Cressy. [Illustration: =Alan Edward George Cox.=] =COX, ANTHONY=, Stoker (R.F.R., B. 978), 281549, H.M.S. Aboukir; lost in action in the North Sea, 22 Sept. 1914. =COX, CHARLES=, Chief Ship’s Cook, 344105, H.M.S. Good Hope; lost in action off Coronel, on the coast of Chili, 1 Nov. 1914. =COX, CHARLES ALBINE=, A.B. (R.F.R., B. 5348), 194734, H.M.S. Good Hope; lost in action off Coronel, on the coast of Chili, 1 Nov. 1914. =COX, ERNEST WILKIN=, Private, No. 12/710, 16th Infantry Battn. New Zealand Expeditionary Force, 5th _s._ of Edmund Blatchford Cox, of Roto-o-Rangi, Cambridge, Auckland, New Zealand, by his wife, David Ann, dau. of Robert Wilkin, of Christchurch, New Zealand; _b._ Hamilton, Waikato, Auckland, 11 April, 1893; educ. Waikato; was employed on his father’s property; volunteered and joined the New Zealand Expeditionary Force, on the outbreak of war in Aug. 1914; left for Egypt with the Main Body in Oct.; embarked for the Dardanelles, 12 April, 1915, and was killed in the landing at Gaba Tepe on the 25th of that month; _unm._ He was a great athlete, with a strong inclination for engineering. [Illustration: =Ernest W. Cox.=] =COX, FRANCIS THOMAS=, Ch. E.R.A., 1st Class, 268129, H.M.S. Good Hope; lost in action off Coronel, on the coast of Chili, 1 Nov. 1914. =COX, FRANCIS WILLIAM=, A.B. (R.F.R., I.C. 668), 195409, H.M.S. Good Hope; lost in action off Coronel, on the coast of Chili, 1 Nov. 1914. =COX, HARRY=, Seaman, R.N.R., 4978B, H.M.S. Cressy; lost in action in the North Sea, 22 Sept. 1914. =COX, HORACE RAYMOND=, Private, No. 1125, 10th Battn. Australian Imperial Force; 3rd _s._ of William Cox, Butcher, by his wife, Ada Cox (26, Brock Street, Kirkdale, Liverpool), dau. of Henry Boden; _b._ Kirkdale, Liverpool, 12 May, 1893; educ. Westminster Road Schools, and Training Ship Indefatigable; was for sometime in the employ of the White Star Line, and emigrated to Australia in August,