210789 Lieutenant Denis Harry COX, DSO, 1 Royal Sussex Regiment

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    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).
     
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    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

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