Personal Number: 210789 Rank: Lieutenant Name: Denis Harry COX, DSO Unit: 1 Royal Sussex Regiment London Gazette : 31 October 1941 https://www.thegazette.co.uk/London/issue/35328/supplement/6310/data.pdf INFANTRY. The undermentioned Cadets to be 2nd Lts. 11th Oct. 1941: — R. Sussex R. Denis Harry Cox (210789). London Gazette : 24 August 1944 https://www.thegazette.co.uk/London/issue/36668/supplement/3923/data.pdf The KING has been graciously pleased to approve the following immediate award's in recognition of gallant and distinguished services in Italy: — The Distinguished Service Order. Lieutenant Denis Harry Cox (210789), The Royal Sussex Regiment (Twickenham).
Recommended for VC, downgraded to DSO Recommendation for Award for Cox, Denis Harry Rank: Lieutenant Service No: ... | The National Archives Reference: WO 373/7/154 Name Cox, Denis Harry Rank: Lieutenant Service No: 210789 Regiment: 1 Battalion The Royal Sussex Regiment Theatre of Combat or Operation: Italy Award: Distinguished Service Order Date of announcement in London Gazette: 24 August 1944
210789 Lieutenant Denis Harry COX, DSO, 1 Royal Sussex Regiment 3rd March 1920 Portsmouth, Hampshire - 16th June 1999 Barnet aged 79 O.C.T.U. 2nd Lt. Royal Sussex Regiment 11.10.1941 War Subs. Lt. 14.6.1942 Temp. Cpt. 15.7.1943 1st Bn. Royal Sussex Regiment served in Italy (Immediate D.S.O.) recommended for V.C. by Lt.Col. J.B.A. Glennie (q.v.) C.O. 1st Royal Sussex Regiment April 1944 Staff Captain, Director of Org'n, War Office 28.1.1946 Released April 1946 WO417/5 WO417/6