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Gloria

Gloria Report 29 Jul 2009 20:40

Able seaman John Cox who was killed in 1944, on board H.M.S. Prince of Wales.

would love to find how he's related to me he's seems to be stuck in my head at the moment.

I know his service number and also the date he died and his memorial ref,
and his Father and mothers name, he was 34 when he died so birth would be about 1910, can't seem to find the Family on the 1911 census, they were living in Glamorgan at the time of his death.

but no knowledge of where he was born ? any help where to go from here please.

Gwyn in Kent

Gwyn in Kent Report 29 Jul 2009 20:46

For reference.....

Name: COX, JOHN
Initials: J
Nationality: United Kingdom
Rank: Able Seaman
Regiment/Service: Royal Navy
Unit Text: H.M.S. Prince of Wales
Age: 34
Date of Death: 26/06/1944
Service No: D/JX 174256
Additional information: Son of John and Catherine Cox, of Senghenydd, Glamorgan.
Casualty Type: Commonwealth War Dead
Grave/Memorial Reference: Panel 86, Column 1.
Memorial: PLYMOUTH NAVAL MEMORIAL

MargaretM

MargaretM Report 29 Jul 2009 21:03

This entry says he died aboard the "Harukiku Maru" ( A Japanese ship? Was he a prisoner?)

JOHN COX
Able Seaman,D/JX 174256, Royal Navy
Additional Information: Died aboard "Harukiku Maru" on 26th June 1944, age 34.
Son of John and Catherine Cox, of Senghenydd, Glamorgan.
Memorial: Plymouth Naval Memorial, Panel 86, Column 1.

Researching:
Great grandmother Dorothy Bean nee Abbott (1858-1908)

MargaretM

MargaretM Report 29 Jul 2009 21:06

On June 26th, 1944, the Harukiku Maru, a 3.040 tons Dutch stemaer, seized by the Japanese, was torpedoed and sunk by HMS Truculent (Lt.Cdr. R.L. Alexander, DSO, RN) 60 miles SE of Medan, Sumatra.
id: 86254

Researching:
Great grandmother Dorothy Bean nee Abbott (1858-1908)

MargaretM

MargaretM Report 29 Jul 2009 21:12

A little more research shows that the Harukiku Maru was just one of many POW ships held by the Japanese where conditions were absolutely appalling. Many of them were sunk by the Allies with the loss of hundreds of British POW's.

Researching:
Great grandmother Dorothy Bean nee Abbott (1858-1908)

Gloria

Gloria Report 29 Jul 2009 22:16

Yes thats him he was a prisoner,I'm trying to find out more about his Family, but don't know where he was born.

can't find him on the 1911 census he would have been 1 yr old.

thanks for all that info I had read all that about him.

where to go from here ?

Gwyn in Kent

Gwyn in Kent Report 29 Jul 2009 22:29

What makes you link to this man?..How do you know about him?

ie. Why are you looking for more information? Do you have a link to his family?...

Gwyn

Gloria

Gloria Report 30 Jul 2009 08:36

Yes Gwyn there is a link, my Mothers cousin told me about him he remembers when he died but his memory is so poor now he doesn't remember how he was related.

my gt grandfather was a cox from Senghenydd, so interested to find what the connection was ?. Have looked at possible grandson of edward but no,

maybe i'll never know.