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| COX, Thomas |
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Whilst quite sure that all this information is about the same person, there is some discrepancy in the year of birth - range from 1838 - 1842. Thomas COX, son of James COX (c. 1786 - c. 1871) and Elizabeth (Betsy) FISK (c. 1803 - c. 1882), was born on 21 April 1842 in South Lopham, Norfolk. On 30 Mar 1851, (the 1851 Census), he was living at Low Common in South Lopham - 10, scholar, living with parents James (60, agricultural labourer) and Elizabeth (49), and siblings Eliza (24), John (16, agric..... View full FH text (See notes below) |
| Birth: | 21.04.1842 |
| 1851 Census: | South Lopham, Norfolk : 10, scholar, living with parents James (60, agricultural labourer) and Elizabeth (49), and siblings Eliza (24), John (16, agricultural labourer), Walter (14, agricultural labourer), Edward (12, scholar), William (8, scholar) and Robert (6, scholar); surname given as COCK; address: Low Common, South Lopham, Norfolk. (HO107 Piece 1822 Folio 238 Page 16 Schedule 57) |
| 1861 Census: | South Lopham, Norfolk : 22, agricultural labourer, living with parents James (74, agricultural labourer) and Elizabeth (57), and siblings Henry (36, agricultural labourer), John (28, agricultural labourer), Walter (26, agricultural labourer)), Edward (24, agricultural labourer), William (20, agricultural labourer) and Eliza (34); surname given as COCK; address: Low Common, South Lopham, Norfolk. (RG09 Piece 1236 Folio 170 Page 14 Schedule 94) |
| 1871 Census: | St. Margaret, St. George Hanover Square, London : 29, Metropolitan police constable, boarding at King Street, Westminster, London (RG10 Piece 126 Folio 60) |
| 1881 Census: | Westminster, London : 38, Police Constable, lodging at 22, King Street, St Margaret and St John the Evangelist Westminster, London (RG11 Piece 117 Folio 44 Page 9 Schedule 240) |
| 1891 Census: | South Lopham, Norfolk : 50, farmer, boarding with Sophia COX (49, living on means); address: Low Common, South Lopham, Norfolk, (RG12 Piece 1548 Folio 130 Page 13 Schedule 93) |
| 1901 Census: | South Lopham, Norfolk : 57, police pensioner, living alone at Low Common, South Lopham, Norfolk (RG13 Piece 1866 Folio 23 Page 10 Schedule 69) |
| Death: | 04.08.1906 : South Lopham, Norfolk : 1906 Q3 Thetford Norfolk Vol 4B Page 213 |
| Burial: | 1906 at South Lopham, Norfolk : No record of Thomas's burial has been found but there is a memorial. |
| Memorial: | South Lopham, Norfolk : Sacred to the memory of / THOMAS COX / who died August 3rd 1906 / Aged 68 years / On the 24th January 1885, Mr. Cox performed / a most heroic act in endeavouring / to prevent / a dynamite explosion at the / Houses of Parliament. / Where your treasure lies there / will your heart be also. |
| Probate: | 02.10.1906 at Norwich, Norfolk : Probate Calendar: 1906 page 183;
COX Thomas of South Lopham Norfolk police-pensioner died 4 August 1906 Administration Norwich 2 October to Robert Cox farmer. Effects £2058 6s. 1d. |
| Occupation: | Joined the metropolitan Police, Whitehall A Division, at Scotland Yard on the ist December 1862. Promoted to Police Sergeant on 2nd February 1885. |
| Occupation: | METROPOLITAN POLICE
Number on Pension Register: 6335
Whitehall Division
22nd April 1886
REPORT of PARTICULARS transmitted, by direction of the Commissioner of Police of the Metropolis, to the Receiver for the Metropolitan Police District, relating to the undermentioned person Pensioned by order of the Secretary of State,
Thomas Cox
late a Police Sergeant Resigned from this Division on the 21st day of April 1886 with pay to the 6th day of April 1886, to which which day inclusive he has been paid, and he is entitled to a Pension of £78 0s. 0d. per Annun, commencing on the 7th day of April 1886. |
| Newspaper: | Diss Express, 20 February, 1885, page 5
THE WESTMINSTER EXPLOSIONS. - In our inside columns will be found a paragraph stating the sums awarded to the two policement, Cole and Cox, (the latter a native of South Lopham), from the Royal Bounty Fund, the Boe Street Reward Fund, and other sources, in recognition of their gallent conduct in connection with the dynamite explosions at the Houses of Parliament. It will interest our readers to learn that the Rev. J. F. Bateman, Rector of South Lopham, saw Thomas Cox at Westminster Hospital, on Tuesday last, and had an interesting account of his marvellous escape. Cox is much better, but still rather deaf from the effects of the explosions. He said he had hardly got rid of the horrid taste of dynamite out of his mouth, and for the first few days it made everything he ate or drank taste loathsome! His friends in Norfolk are proud of his bravery and will gladly hear of the substantial rewards conferred him and his brother officer, and of their promotion to the rank of sergeant in the police force. |
| Notes: | Whilst quite sure that all this information is about the same person, there is some discrepancy in the year of birth - range from 1838 - 1842. |
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