Vaughan Cox

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General
Sir Vaughan Cox
GCB KCMG CSI
Lieutenant General Sir Herbert Cox; British Army general (1860-1923).jpg
A 1924 portrait of Cox
Military Secretary to the India Office
In office
1917 –January 1921

General Sir Herbert Vaughan Cox, GCB , KCMG , CSI (12 July 1860 – 8 October 1923) was a British officer in the Indian Army.

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Early life

Cox was born in Watford, the son of the Rector of Upper Chelsea. He was educated at Charterhouse and the Royal Military College, Sandhurst, and was commissioned into the 25th Foot (later the King's Own Scottish Borderers) in 1880. [2]

Early military service

Posted to India, he served in the closing stages of the Second Anglo-Afghan War and was promoted lieutenant. He transferred to the Madras Staff Corps in 1882 [3] and served in the Third Anglo-Burmese War of 1885–1886 with the 21st Madras Infantry. [4]

Cox then briefly served as adjutant of the South India Railway Volunteer Corps before being appointed Deputy Assistant Adjutant-General for Musketry in Burma. Soon afterwards he was appointed DAAG of Imperial Service Troops. He was promoted captain in 1891. [5] In 1894 he became an inspector of the contingents supplied by the Indian Princely States. He served on the Mohmand and Tirah Expeditions, being promoted major on 14 January 1900. [6] Later that year he served in China during the Boxer Rebellion, for which he received the China War Medal (1900). The medal was presented to him in person by the Prince of Wales on 2 July 1902, following a parade in London of Indian troops visiting the United Kingdom for the Coronation of King Edward VII and Queen Alexandra. [7]

Return to India

Returning to India in 1902, he spent five years in command of his regiment, the 69th Punjabis, as a temporary lieutenant-colonel. [8] He was promoted substantive lieutenant-colonel in 1904 [9] and brevet colonel in 1907. [10] He was promoted substantive colonel [11] and became Assistant Quartermaster-General for Mobilisation later in 1907. [12] Nine months later he was appointed Deputy Quartermaster-General for India, [13] in which post he served for three years.

In 1911 he was appointed military member of the Coronation Durbar Committee with the temporary rank of brigadier-general, [14] for which he was appointed Companion of the Order of the Star of India (CSI) later that year. [15] In January 1912 he succeeded Brigadier-General Charles Melliss as a brigadier-general, general staff (BGGS). [16]

Commander at Rawalpindi

Cox's next post was as commander of the 4th Infantry Brigade at Rawalpindi. He was appointed Companion of the Order of the Bath (CB) in the 1912 Birthday Honours. [17] He then took command of the 2nd (Nowshera) Infantry Brigade.

When the First World War broke out, he was given command of the 29th Indian Brigade in Egypt, Arabia and Gallipoli, where he was wounded. He was appointed Knight Commander of the Order of St Michael and St George (KCMG) in October 1915 for distinguished services in the field. [18] In 1916, he was appointed Colonel of his old regiment, the 69th Punjabis. [19]

Service in Egypt and retirement

He then commanded the 4th Australian Division in Egypt and in France from 1916 to 1917, when he became Military Secretary to the India Office, where he remained until his retirement in January 1921. [20] He was promoted lieutenant-general in January 1917 for distinguished service in the field. [21] In 1919 he was appointed to the Esher Committee to look into Indian Army administration and organisation. He was promoted full general in 1920, [22] and appointed Knight Grand Cross of the Order of the Bath (GCB) in the 1921 Birthday Honours following his retirement. [23]

He died in October 1923, at the age of 63.

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Footnotes

  1. ↑ "No. 29945". The London Gazette (Supplement). 13 February 1917. p. 1606.
  2. ↑ "No. 24800". The London Gazette . 13 January 1880. p. 145.
  3. ↑ "No. 25320". The London Gazette . 22 February 1884. p. 896.
  4. ↑ "No. 25599". The London Gazette . 22 June 1886. p. 2974.
  5. ↑ "No. 26144". The London Gazette . 17 March 1891. p. 1483.
  6. ↑ "No. 27173". The London Gazette . 13 March 1900. p. 1714.
  7. ↑ "Court Circular". The Times. No. 36810. London. 3 July 1902. p. 8.
  8. ↑ "No. 27536". The London Gazette . 20 March 1903. p. 1857.
  9. ↑ "No. 27716". The London Gazette . 23 September 1904. p. 6138.
  10. ↑ "No. 28081". The London Gazette . 19 November 1907. p. 7771.
  11. ↑ "No. 28152". The London Gazette . 26 June 1908. p. 4652.
  12. ↑ "No. 28144". The London Gazette . 9 June 1908. p. 4245.
  13. ↑ "No. 28174". The London Gazette . 4 September 1908. p. 6450.
  14. ↑ "No. 28539". The London Gazette . 6 October 1911. p. 7285.
  15. ↑ "No. 28559". The London Gazette . 8 December 1911. p. 9359.
  16. ↑ "No. 28598". The London Gazette . 12 April 1912. p. 2639.
  17. ↑ "No. 28617". The London Gazette (Supplement). 11 June 1912. p. 4298.
  18. ↑ "No. 29344". The London Gazette (Supplement). 29 October 1915. p. 10727.
  19. ↑ "No. 29651". The London Gazette . 4 July 1916. p. 6613.
  20. ↑ "No. 32220". The London Gazette . 8 February 1921. p. 1066.
  21. ↑ "No. 29987". The London Gazette (Supplement). 16 March 1917. p. 2701.
  22. ↑ "No. 31996". The London Gazette (Supplement). 27 July 1920. p. 7928.
  23. ↑ "No. 32346". The London Gazette (Supplement). 4 June 1921. p. 4532.

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