Lionel Howard Cox

Major-General Lionel Howard Cox CB CBE MC (1 April 1893 – 29 July 1949) was a British Army officer.[1]

Lionel Howard Cox
Born1 April 1893
Died29 July 1949
AllegianceUnited Kingdom
Service/branchBritish Army
RankMajor General
Commands held2nd Bn Gloucestershire Regiment
Malta Brigade
North Wales District
80th Infantry Division
38th (Welsh) Infantry Division
Singapore District
Battles/warsFirst World War
Second World War
AwardsCompanion of the Order of the Bath
Commander of the Order of the British Empire
Military Cross

Military career

Cox saw action with the Gloucestershire Regiment and the Machine Gun Corps, earning recognition with the award of the Military Cross, during the First World War.[2] He served as commanding officer of the 2nd Battalion Gloucestershire Regiment between 1935 and 1938.[3] He went on to be commander of the Malta Brigade in 1938, District Officer Commanding North Wales District in 1941 and General Officer Commanding 80th Infantry Division in the UK in January 1943.[3] After that he became General Officer Commanding 38th (Welsh) Infantry Division also in the UK in September 1944 and District Officer Commanding Singapore District in 1945 before retiring in 1948.[3]

He was appointed a Companion of the Order of the Bath in the 1945 Birthday Honours.[4]

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References
  1. Smart, Nick (2005). Biographical Dictionary of British Generals of the Second World War. Barnesley: Pen & Sword. ISBN 1844150496.
  2. "No. 30450". The London Gazette (Supplement). 28 December 1917. p. 34.
  3. "Cox, Lionel Howard". Generals.dk. Retrieved 27 May 2020.
  4. "No. 37119". The London Gazette (Supplement). 8 June 1945. p. 2935.
Military offices
Preceded by
New post		 GOC 80th Infantry Division
1943–1944		 Succeeded by
Post disbanded
Preceded by
Donald Butterworth		 GOC 38th (Welsh) Infantry Division
1944–1945		 Succeeded by
Post disbanded
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