Memorials & Monuments
on the Isle of Wight
- CWGC Headstones -
- Parkhurst Military Cemetery : A C Cox -

Location

In Parkhurst Military Cemetery, Forest Road, Parkhurst, Isle of Wight
 
Description

Standard CWGC headstone. WW II pattern.

Grave location : Plot 15. Grave 203. (CWGC) | Local plan : 130

Headstone


 

Inscription


 
Further Information

CWGC record ...
 
Index Board entry 130 : Flt Serg A C Cox, Air Bomber, RAF : 15.10.1943
 

Squadron :	434 (RCAF) Sqn
Aircraft :	Handley Page Halifax Mk.V DK250 IP-W
Crew :
Pilot :	Flying Officer J Allan (RCAF)	CWGC record ...
Wireless Operator :	Sgt H J Henshall	CWGC record ...
Air Gunner :	Sgt C H Hayward	CWGC record ...
Air Gunner :	WOII P H Sheldon (RCAF)	CWGC record ...

Flt Sgt Cox was the son of William James Cox and Edith Annie Cox, of Barnes, Surrey. The aircraft took off at 17.50 hrs from RAF Thelthorpe on Ops to Frankfurt, but crashed into the English Channel. Three crewmen whose bodies were not found are commemorated on the Runnymede Memorial, while others are buried at Parkhurst, Chichester and Newport in Monmouthshire. Information provided by : John Bloodworth

IOWFHS War Service Reports entry