WALTER ALFRED COX
Walter Alfred Cox was born c1872 at Oliver's Estate, South Travancore, India, the son of Rev John Cox and his second wife Anna Amy. John Cox was a native of Painswick who had gone to India with the London Missionary Society from which he was obliged to resign when he married an Ezhava woman in 1860.
In 1915, Walter was a tea planter when he came to London and enlisted in the Kings Royal Rifle Corps as a Rifleman. He transferred to the Machine Gun Corps and was appointed acting Lance Corporal 12 March 1916.
On 30 March he was admitted to Belton Park Military Hospital in Grantham where he died on the 12 April as a result of malaria. He is buried in St Mary's churchyard and was originally remembered on the reverse of his aunt's gravestone. This inscription is difficult to read and a 'war grave' headstone was added at the foot of the grave several years ago.
In 1915, Walter was a tea planter when he came to London and enlisted in the Kings Royal Rifle Corps as a Rifleman. He transferred to the Machine Gun Corps and was appointed acting Lance Corporal 12 March 1916.
On 30 March he was admitted to Belton Park Military Hospital in Grantham where he died on the 12 April as a result of malaria. He is buried in St Mary's churchyard and was originally remembered on the reverse of his aunt's gravestone. This inscription is difficult to read and a 'war grave' headstone was added at the foot of the grave several years ago.