Lionel Howard Cox
{{Short description|British Army general (1893–1949)}}
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|name=Lionel Howard Cox
|birth_date=1 April 1893
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|death_date=29 July 1949 (aged 56)
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|allegiance= United Kingdom
|serviceyears= 1912–1948
|servicenumber= 5085
|rank= Major General
|branch= British Army
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|commands=2nd Battalion, Gloucestershire Regiment
Malta Brigade
North Wales District
80th Infantry Division
38th (Welsh) Infantry Division
Singapore District
|unit=Gloucestershire Regiment
|battles=First World War
Second World War
|awards=Companion of the Order of the Bath
Commander of the Order of the British Empire
Military Cross
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Major-General Lionel Howard Cox CB CBE MC (1 April 1893 – 29 July 1949) was a British Army officer.{{cite book| first=Nick| last=Smart| title=Biographical Dictionary of British Generals of the Second World War| isbn=1844150496| year=2005| location=Barnesley| publisher=Pen & Sword}}
Military career
Cox saw action with the Gloucestershire Regiment and the Machine Gun Corps, earning recognition with the award of the Military Cross, during the First World War.{{London Gazette |issue=30450|date=28 December 1917|page=34|supp=y}} He served as commanding officer of the 2nd Battalion Gloucestershire Regiment between 1935 and 1938.{{cite web|url=http://generals.dk/general/Cox/Lionel_Howard/Great_Britain.html|title=Cox, Lionel Howard|publisher=Generals.dk|accessdate=27 May 2020}} He went on to be commander of the Malta Brigade in 1938, District Officer Commanding North Wales District in 1941 and General Officer Commanding 80th Infantry Division in the UK in January 1943. After that he became General Officer Commanding 38th (Welsh) Infantry Division also in the UK in September 1944 and District Officer Commanding Singapore District in 1945 before retiring in 1948.
He was appointed a Companion of the Order of the Bath in the 1945 Birthday Honours.{{London Gazette |issue=37119|date=8 June 1945|page=2935|supp=y}}
References
{{Reflist|30em}}
External links
- {{find a Grave|146588861}}
- [https://generals.dk/general/Cox/Lionel_Howard/Great_Britain.html Generals of World War II]
Bibliography
- {{cite book| first=Nick| last=Smart| title=Biographical Dictionary of British Generals of the Second World War| isbn=1844150496| year=2005| location=Barnesley| publisher=Pen & Sword}}
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Category:British Army major generals
Category:People educated at Lancing College
Category:Graduates of the Royal Military College, Sandhurst
Category:Gloucestershire Regiment officers
Category:Machine Gun Corps officers
Category:British Army generals of World War II
Category:British Army personnel of World War I
Category:Graduates of the Royal College of Defence Studies
Category:Recipients of the Military Cross
Category:Companions of the Order of the Bath