Gosford District Casualties of World War One

Bragg, Edmund Allen Service Number 1494

Killed in Action 19th May 1915 Gallipoli Peninsula

Gosford District Casualties of World War One

Cox, Miles Standish Service Number 165

Died of illness 16th December 1915 Cairo, Egypt

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NAME Cox, Miles Standish

SERVICE NO 165

UNIT 4th Battalion

RANK Private

AGE at Enlistment 23 yrs

PLACE OF BIRTH Rylstone, NSW

ADDRESS

OCCUPATION Station Hand

DATE OF ENLISTMENT 17 Aug 1914

PLACE OF ENLIST-MENT

Randwick, NSW

PREVIOUS SERVICE 18 mths Colonial Forces Light Horse

NEXT OF KIN Father Edward Standish Cox, Wagstaff Point, Woy Woy

Mother Alice V Cox

PHYSICAL DESCRIP-TION

Height-5’11¾”.Weight-11st. 5 lbs. Chest-34-38½

Complexion-Ruddy. Eyes-Blue/Grey. Hair-Dk Brown.

RELIGION C/E

EMBARKED Sydney 20 Oct 1914 per “Euripides”

DISEMBARKED

NOTES Brother Edward Standish Cox d pneumonia 13 Dec 1914 Alexandria, Egypt.

WOUNDED/ILLNESS Pneumonia, Mena Hospital Cairo, Egypt

DIED 16 Dec 1915

BURIED Cairo Cem Sec 3 Gve 129

MEDALS 1914-15 Star-26565, British War Medal-3256, Victory Medal-3256. Memorial Plaque & Scroll-985803.

DEPENDANTS

PERSONAL EFFECTS Bible, Pocket Book, tin Chocolates, Knife, Letters.

WILL

EDWARD KING STANDISH COX (29) AND MILES STANDISH COX (23). Sons of Mr Edward Standish Cox, of Wagstaff Point, near Woy Woy, who died from pneumonia within two

days of each other, in Egypt last week. The deceased soldiers were members of the 4th Battalion, First

Infantry Brigade, First Australian Imperial Expeditionary Force.

GOSFORD TIMES. 26.2.1915. HONORING THEIR MEMORIES. £33 17s 9d has been collected to perpetuate the memory of

the Cox Brothers, of Wagstaffe Point, members of the Expe-

ditionary Force who recently died in Egypt. The total in-

cludes:- No 1 Box £3 1s 3d, No 2 Box £2 4s, Lists – W. Had-

ley £10, E.F. Cox £10.11s, W.M. Kenny £4 11s 6d, J.A.

Beattie £1 1s, A Besle 7s, Rev. W.M. Herford was hon.

Treasurer to the Fund, and Messrs Hadley and Kenny joint

hon. Secretaries. When the new church (C. of E.) is erected

at Wagstaffe, a memorial tablet will be placed therein. In the

meantime the tablet will be erected in the new Mission Hall at

Woy Woy.

GOSFORD TIMES 26.2.1915. Egypt. – Mr E. S. cox has received letters from the Chap-lain and from the Officer in command of the Battalion of which his two deceased sons belonged. These letters ex-pressing sincere regret and sympathy for the loss sus-tained by the parents and family, also speaks highly for the popularity and good conduct of the young soldiers, whom we are assured had every possible care and atten-tion of the doctor and his nursing staff, and were also given a military funeral, the full company walking a consid-erable distance to pay their last respects to their com-rades. The public have been asked to subscribe towards a fund

to be utilized in a suitable manner in perpetuating the

brothers’ memory.

SYDNEY MORNING HERALD. 23.12.1914. P.9. COX – December 13, 1914, Edward King Standish cox, eldest son of Edward Standish Cox, Wagstaff

Point, died Egypt (Pnuemonia), aged 29 years.

GOSFORD TIMES. 28.5.1915. Private Anderson, whose death is reported at the Darda-

nelles, is a nephew of Mr E.S. Cox, who lost his only two

sons in Egypt some few months ago.

GOSFORD TIMES 11.6.1915

Rev. W. M. herford writes:- Please allow me an inch or two in your paper to say how

much the Woy Woy people appreciate the action of the Gos-

ford “volunteer” squad, under Sergeant Coulter, in coming to

take part in the ceremony of unveiling the Memorial Tablet,

placed in the Mission Hall, inscribed:-“ To the glory of God,

and in affectionate remembrance of two brothers, Privates

Edward R Standish Cox, and Miles Standish Cox, of the 1st

Australian Expeditionary Force.” We are also indebted to

those members of your Church of England choir who came to

help us in hymns and psalms of thanksgiving. Sunday’s

gathering was an indication of how the war is touching the

hearts of our people.

GOSFORD TIMES 4.6.1915.

MEMORIAL SERVICE. On Sunday afternoon next at 3 o’clock, Rev. W.M. Herford

will perform the ceremony of unveiling a memorial tablet in

the Woy Woy Mission Hall erected to the memory of the

brothers Cox, Wagstaffe, who died in Egypt a few months

ago. A free launch will leave Gosford Wharf at 2pm, Em-

pire Bay at 2.30, Wagstaffe at 2.15, and round the Bay at

2.30.

GOSFORD TIMES 11.6.1915.

WAGSTAFFE POINT & PRETTY BEACH. Memorial Service – On Sunday afternoon last, Mr J Murphy

kindly placed one of his ferry boats at the disposal of the

residents between here and Woy Woy for those who de-

sired to attend the memorial service held in the Church of

England Mission Hall, Woy Woy, the service was conducted

by Rev. W.M. Herford, when the tablet erected to the mem-

ory of the brothers Edward King and Myles Standish Cox,

and who died in Egypt, was unveiled. There was present a

very large attendance, all denominations being repre-

sented, while a squad of recruits in their khaki uniform from

Gosford gave the ceremony a military and imposing effect.

Mr Kirkness (Gosford) during the service gave a short in-

spiring address, which was followed by the Rev. Herford in

the delivery of an appropriate and effective sermon. A full

choir assisted, and the Dead March was played by the or-

ganist, Mr A.M. Booth. It was announced that half of the

collections taken up would be devoted to a branch of the

War Fund. The tablet bearing the inscription is a fine piece

of workmanship. This and the excellently conducted ser-

vice, and the large representative congregation, certainly

impressed everyone present with the prevailing earnestness

and sincerity arising from the appalling loss of life and man-

hood as the result of daily events.

GOSFORD TIMES. 18.6.1915.

RETURN THANKS. THE Parents of the late E.S. Cox and M.S. Cox, of Wagstaffe

Point, desire to express heartfelt thanks to the friends of their

sons who contributed to the Tablet commemorating their

memory.

GOSFORD TIMES 8.8.1918

WOY WOY (From our Correspondent) After a long and painful illness, Mr Standish Cox, an old and highly respected resident of Wag-staffe, Woy Woy, passed away at a private hospi-tal at North Sydney on Sunday morning last. The deceased gentleman was a son of the noted sportsman of the sixties and seventies, Mr King Cox, owner of Yattendon, sire of Chester, winner of the Derby and Melbourne Cup in ’77. Mr Standish Cox was a bosom friend of our own

Phil glenister since the early seventies, and, to

use his (Mr Glenister’s) own words, “was as white

a man as ever stood in shoe leather.” I have of

times listened with the greatest interest to this

pair of grand old timers exchanging reminis-

cences, how Phil had rode to victory his own hur-

dler, Gaffergray ( Mr Glenister was an amateur

rider of considerable ability in those days), and

how these old pals had hunted together in the

early seventies. Mr Cox backed Chester to win

£4,000 in the double of ’77, beating Mr Glenister

(commissioner of the stable) for a stake of

£40,000 on Savanaka (second) in the Cup.

Amongst the first to offer their services in this

great war and don khaki were E.S. and E.K. Cox,

two as fine a lads as ever donned the uniform

(sons of deceased), both of whom died of pneu-

monia, one on the voyage to Egypt and the other

at Alexandria. The deceased gentlemen leaves a

widow and daughter, for whom the deepest sym-

pathy is universally expressed.

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