COX, Anthony Francis

Rank: 
Rifleman
Unit / Base: 
3 Commando
Regiment/Corps: 
Rifle Brigade
Service: 
Army
Number: 
6920635
Died : 
Sunday, July 18, 1943
Killed in action or died of wounds
Age: 
18
Cemetery/Memorial: 
Rifleman Anthony Cox died during operations at Agnone, Sicily, and the bridge at Malati (3 Commando Bridge). Son of Cecil Ernest and Frances Mary Cox, of Kingston-on-Thames, Surrey.
 
Sources
CWGC.
ROH in Commando-Memoirs of a Fighting Commando in WW2 by Brig Durnford-Slater.
 
Notes
In the book Storm from the Sea, the author, Brig Peter Young, describes a Commando named Cox as being batman to Major Walter Skrine, and both being severely wounded during the landings at Agnone.
 
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