J.J. Cox
Private 35577
4^th Battalion Yorkshire Regt

 J. J. Cox was the  brother of David Cox, of 273, Oxford Road, Reading.  He is buried in a registered war grave, number 16584, and commemorated on the kerbstones that surround it.  This grave has sunk somewhat and J. J. Cox is also remembered on a special memorial in the War Plot.   The author has been unable to find any information about his war service or from what he died.  He was aged 20.

David J Cox
Private 17272
8th Royal Berkshire Regiment.

David Cox is commemorated on his brothers grave.  He was killed in action on the 25^th September 1915, the first day of the battle of Loos.  His body was never identified and he is commemorated on the Loos Memorial to the Missing, Panel 93 -95.  He was aged 26.

The author believes that the brothers were the sons of James  and Mary Emily Cox who at the time of the 1911 census were living at 219 Southampton Street, Reading. The full name of David being David John, he was the eldest child and J.J. being James Joshua, he was the youngest. There was another brother, Robert and two sisters, Gurtie and Violet. The census form had several odd spellings. The CWGC records for both David and James had no family details.