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Capt. Percival Elliot Cox

British Army 4th Battalion Northumberland Fusiliers

from:Newcastle Upon Tyne

(d.23rd May 1917)

Percival Cox is my great uncle. He studied at Durham University and then became a teacher. At Durham he was in the Officer Training Core. He was gassed at Ypres and went home to recover, returned and was injured, sent home, returned and died of wounds on 23rd of May 1917. He is buried at Sunken Road Cemetery, Calais. On his gravestone are the words "Thy Will Be Done" at the request of his family. He was only 26 when he died.

Weary and worn from war



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