Coxon, Percy Hunter | Universities at War

Personal details

Badges and Insignia - Border Regiment. Image kindly provided by Wartime Memories Project.

Name on Memorial:

Coxon, P. H.

Forename(s):

Percy Hunter

Surname:

Coxon

Date of Death:

Saturday, April 13, 1918

Age at Death:

University life

College:

Armstrong College, Newcastle upon Tyne

Staff or Student:

Student

Military Service

The information displayed here is at the time of death.

Rank:

Captain

Service:

Army

Unit:

Border Regiment, 8th Battalion

Prisoner of War:

Military Training:

Officers’ Training Corps, Armstrong College

Theatre of War:

France and Flanders

Biography

Percy was born in 1892 to Thomas, a Schoolmaster, and Mary Coxon of 8 Vernon Parade, Whitehall Road, Gateshead (census 1901). They lived at 175 Whitehall Road, Gateshead (census 1911). He had a younger brother, Thomas Leslie (census 1901 & 1911).

He was gazetted in September 1914 to the Border Regiment, 8th Battalion, where he attained the rank of Captain. He was wounded at Thiepval in July 1916. Percy died on 13th April 1918 aged 25.

Addresses before and during the war

8 Vernon Parade, Gateshead (place of residence 1901 Census)

175 Whitehall Road, Gateshead (place of residence 1911 Census)

Place of Burial or Battle Site Memorial

Percy is buried in the Messines Ridge British Cemetery in Mesen, Arrondissement Ieper, West Flanders (West-Vlaanderen), Belgium.

Memorials

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Research information

Sources:

Commonwealth War Graves Commission

Newcastle University Archives (Roll of Service, Armstrong College Calendars, The Northerner, Vol. XIX, no. 1, December 1918. pp.5-6.)

UK Census registers, National Archives (available via Ancestry.co.uk)

UK Military Service Records, National Archives (available via Ancestry.co.uk)

Researched by:

Sophie Anderton

Ian Johnson