Edwin Charles Cox

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Edwin Charles Cox CVO CBE TD (3 January 1868 – 9 December 1958) was a British soldier and railway manager. [1] [2] [3]

Territorial Decoration military medal of the United Kingdom

The Territorial Decoration (TD) was a military medal of the United Kingdom awarded for long service in the Territorial Force and its successor, the Territorial Army. This award superseded the Volunteer Officer's Decoration when the Territorial Force was formed on 1 April 1908, following the enactment of the Territorial and Reserve Forces Act 1907, which was a large reorganisation of the old Volunteer Army and the remaining units of militia and Yeomanry. However, the Militia were transferred to the Special Reserve rather than becoming part of the Territorial Force. A recipient of this award is entitled to the letters "TD" after their name (post-nominal).

He was Traffic Manager, of the Southern Railway from 1930–1936.

Southern Railway (UK) British “Big 4” railway company, active 1923–1947

The Southern Railway (SR), sometimes shortened to 'Southern', was a British railway company established in the 1923 Grouping. It linked London with the Channel ports, South West England, South coast resorts and Kent. The railway was formed by the amalgamation of several smaller railway companies, the largest of which were the London & South Western Railway (LSWR), the London, Brighton and South Coast Railway (LBSC) and the South Eastern and Chatham Railway (SECR). The construction of what was to become the Southern Railway began in 1838 with the opening of the London and Southampton Railway, which was renamed the London & South Western Railway.

He was also a Lt Col. in the Engineer and Railway Staff Corps.

He was appointed CBE in 1918, MVO in 1926 and promoted to CVO in 1937.

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References

  1. ↑ http://www.npg.org.uk/collections/search/person/mp97803/edwin-charles-cox
  2. ↑ ‘COX, Lt-Col Edwin Charles’, Who Was Who, A & C Black, an imprint of Bloomsbury Publishing plc, 1920–2014; online edn, Oxford University Press, 2014 ; online edn, April 2014 accessed 13 Aug 2014
  3. ↑ "Obituary." Times (London) 10 Dec. 1958: 13. The Times Digital Archive. Web. 13 Aug. 2014.
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