Private 1026 George Cox 88th Regiment

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I wonder if this is the chap Corporal Jones from Dads Army got his catchphrase from! Joker

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Daily Mirror - Friday 02 May 1941

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Posts : 1068 Join date : 2009-10-16

hi All,
On the 1939 list George Cox born 5 July 1953 LCC Home for Aged Men Ceders Road Lambeth London, Probably died not long after the newspaper article, died june Qtr 1941 in Battersea District. His time for the 25 mile run is almost Olympics standard.
Rai Keynshamlighthorse.

Posts : 1068 Join date : 2009-10-16

Hi Again,
I also found William George Cox, enlisted 9 June 1877, to 19th Brig/No.1063 80th Regt, to S Africa 2 Feb 1878, Middleburg 25 Aug 1878, Pretoria 23 March 1879, to UK 12 May 1880, discharged 8 June 1889 at Lichfield, born Whitehaven Cumberland 1854.
rai Keynshamlighthorse

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