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260915 Leading Cooks Mate. Percy Horace Cox Royal Navy HMS North Star from:Abbots Langley, Watford (d.23rd April 1918) Percy Cox was my 2 x great uncle and he was born in the hamlet of Bedmond on 23rd of December 1882. He married Annie Ashby in 1902 and in Kelly's Directory of 1908 he was listed under Confectioners & Pastry Cooks of Abbots Langley & Kings Langley, Hertfordshire. Annie and Percy went on to have 7 children before he enlisted in 1914. He served as a cook's mate baker in the Royal Navy in WW1 and his first ship is recorded as being HMS Pembroke and his final ship HMS North Star. Percy died 23rd of April 1918 and his body was not recovered for burial but his name is recorded on the Chatham Naval Memorial. Son of George Cox and Annie Maria Cox (nee Skinner) of Abbots Langley; husband of Annie Cox (nee Ashby) of The Cottage, Popes Rd., Abbots Langley, Herts. Please type your message:      We recommend you copy the text about this item and keep a copy on your own computer before pressing submit. Your Name:             Email Address:       @ **Please put first part of your email, (before the @ sign) in the first box, and the second part in the second box. Do not include @, it is automatic. Do not enter your full email in each box or add an @ sign or random spaces.**