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Corporal

James Crosby Fox

Service number 956797
Military unit 115 Sqdn Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve
Address Lower Kirklington Road, Southwell, Nottinghamshire, England.
Date of birth 09 Feb 1920
Date of death 24 Nov 1941 (21 years old)
Place of birth Southwell, Nottinghamshire, England.
Employment, education or hobbies

Agricultural Blacksmith.

Family history

Son of George and Susan Fox, of Southwell.

Military history

Wellington Z8863 crashed near March, Cambridgeshire following a low flying accident. It collided with a line of railway trucks on the March to Spalding line. Cpl Fox was one of three ground crew killed along with the crew of six. They had joined the aircrew for an air experience flight.
Sgt George Bruce - Son of George William and Edith Isabel Bruce, of Watford.
Sgt Percival Taylor - Son of William and Gertrude Constance Taylor of Wallasey, Cheshire.
Sgt Henry O'Shea - Son of Henry and Alice O'Shea husband of Clarice O'Shea, of Caerleon.
Sgt Percy Crosbie - Son of John and Hilder Crosbie of 107 Summers Road Camberwell
Sgt William Evans - Son of James and Emily Evans; husband of Brenda Evans, of Ammanford.
Sgt Ernest Lawrence - Son of Thomas Arthur and Mary Ann Lawrence; husband of Nellie Lawrence, of West Hougham, Kent.
Sgt Jack Dix - Husband of Lillian Margaret Dix, of Lincoln.
Cpl James Fox - Son of George and Susan Fox, of Southwell.
AC2 Gordon Wakefield - Son of Sidney and Hilda Vera Wakefield, of Wisbech, Western.

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