Service Details
Name:
 WILLCOX
Given Name:
 CHARLES
Initials:
 C
Service No:
 8572
Rank:
 Company Serjeant Major
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Regiment:
 Somerset Light Infantry
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Unit:
 3rd Bn.
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Date of Death:
 1919-12-04
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Age:
 26
Cause of Death:
 Accidentally killed, whilst boxing at the National Sporting Club, London
Decorations:
 D C M, Russian Order of St. George, 4th Class, Mentioned in Despatches (twice)
Citations:
 DCM LG 17 December 1914 - "For skill and gallantry in leading his men in house to house fighting at Le Gheer, on 21st October", Russian Order of St. George, 4th Class LG Sup 25 August 1915. MID LG Sup 19 October 1914 - "Sir John French's Despatch dated 8 October, 1914"; MID LG Sup 29 May 1917 - "Sir Douglas Haig's Despatch of 9th April, deserving of special mention"
Additional
Information:
Son of Mrs. S. E. Willcox, of 298th St., La Rochelle, Johannesburg, Transvaal, South Africa.
Commemoration
Country:
 United Kingdom
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Locality:
 Somerset
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Cemetery:
 BRIDGWATER (WEMBDON ROAD) CEMETERY (CHURCH PORTION)
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Grave Reference:
 III. 7. 2.

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