Flying Officer PHILIP ANTHONY NEVILLE COX
Service Number: 33184
Regiment & Unit/Ship
Royal Air Force
501 Sqdn.
Date of Death
Died 27 July 1940
Age 25 years old
- Country of Service United Kingdom
- Additional Info Son of Dr. Arthur Neville Cox, M.D., M.R.C.P., and Winifred Alice Neville Cox, of Brighton, Sussex. Awarded R. M. Groves Memorial Prize, R.A.F. College, Cranwell, 1937.
- Personal Inscription SON OF DR. ARTHUR N. AND WINIFRED COX OF BRIGHTON. A GALLANT AIRMAN, HE DIED THAT OTHERS MAY LIVE.
- N.B. Recent research has shown that Flying Officer Cox is buried here. Currently the grave is marked with a headstone to an Unknown Soldier, but a new headstone bearing his details is now on order. Please contact the Commission for further details.
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