Private Dennis Hartman Cox
PERSONAL INFORMATION
Name:
Cox,
Dennis Hartman
Date of birth: 1892-03-04
Place of birth: Ryde Township Muskoka District Ontario Canada
Next of kin: Hugh Cox (father), Kenora, Ontario (later changed to Molson, Manitoba)
Marital status: married
Occupation (attested): Laborer
Occupation (normalized): Labourer
Address:
Tyndall, Manitoba
Religion: Presbyterian
Date of death:
1917-04-09
Cause of death:
Killed in action
Buried:
Givenchy-En-Gohelle Communal Cemetery, B. 3.
MILITARY INFORMATION
Regimental number: 721403
Highest Rank:
Private
(78th Battalion)
Rank detail
- Private, 78th Battalion, Infantry (Army).
- Private (Army). 1915-12-27 ?
Degree of service: Europe
Survived war: no
Battle wounded/killed: Killed while taking part with his Battalion in the attack on Vimy Ridge
Commemoration location: Tyndall War Memorial, Tyndall, Manitoba
RESEARCH INFORMATION
CVWM ID: No CVWM ID in our database, but try
this.
CWGC ID: 561707
LAC ID:
122276
Service file: B2080-S046
Uploader's Notes:
Son of Hugh Cox and Mary Melinda Long.
Brother of William John Cox and Charles Edward Cox.
Uploader's Research notes:
Dennis' attestation has his birth year as 1892 but he was born in 1893 (Ontario birth registration, Ryde Township, District of Muskoka).
Details of death from Ancestry.com include a digitized image of the casualty form from the "Canada, War Graves Registers (Circumstances of Casualty), 1914-1948” database.
ARCHIVAL INFORMATION
Date added: 2004-09-04
Last modified: 2015-03-27