Henry Joseph Wilcox
Memorial: Wickwar - Holy Trinity Church
Regiment: Gloucestershire Regiment
Medals: 1914–15 Star, British War Medal, Next of Kin Memorial Plaque 1914 - 1921, Victory Medal
Rank and number: Private 17776
Parents: Joseph and Helen Wilcox (nee Pedrick)
Home address: West End, Wickwar, Glos
Pre-war occupation: Clerk in a brewery in 1911
Date of birth: 1896
Place of birth: Wickwar, Glos
Date of death: 19/11/1915
Buried/Commemorated at: Loos Memorial (Panel 60 to 64), France
Age: 19
Further information:
Henry Joseph Wilcox (also known as Joe) was born in 1896 in Wickwar. His parents were Joseph and Helen Wilcox (nee Pedrick) and he was their third son. His eleven siblings were Francis, Elsie, Albert, Ethel, Minnie, John, Ellen, Florence, Alfred, Frederick and Bessie. His father Joseph was a farm labourer from Luckington, Wiltshire. His family were living at West End in Wickwar in 1911. In 1911 Henry was working as a clerk in a brewery
Henry enlisted in Bristol and served with the 10th Battalion of the Gloucestershire Regiment. Henry died on the 19th November 1915 at the age of 19 years. He was awarded the 1914-15 Star, the British and the Victory War medals
Henry Joseph Wilcox is remembered on the Loos Memorial, France. He is also remembered on the Wickwar Holy Trinity Church Memorial, the Wickwar Village Hall Memorial and the Chipping Sodbury and District War Memorial Cottage Hospital board, which is now at Yate and District Heritage Centre, under Wickwar
By kind permission, this information is based on the following source(s):
Yate and District Heritage Centre and the book “Lest We Forget” by Arthur Threlfall Searson. Forces War Records and CWGC