Source: Michael Doyle Their Name Liveth For Evermore: The Great War Roll of Honour for Leicestershire and Rutland.
He was the son of Philip Johnson Cox, a grazier, born 1848 in Langham, Rutland and his wife Ann Elizabeth Cox (nee Ellingworth), born 1852 in Oakham, Rutland. Arthur was born in 1893 in Langham, Rutland, his siblings were, George W., a domestic gardener, born 1883, Harry, born 1889, Lizzie, born 1891 and Charles Philip, born 1897, all his siblings were born in Langham, Rutland, in March 1901 the family home was at Well Street, Langham, Rutland. In April 1911 Arthur was employed as a farm wagoner and was residing in the family home at Langham, Rutland, together with his parents and brother Charles. On Friday September 28th 1917 The Melton Mowbray Times & Vale of Belvoir Gazette published the following article under the heading. “LOCAL AND DISTRICT NEWS” – LANGHAM. KILLED IN ACTION.- The official news of the death in action, on August 17th, of Private Arthur Cox, was received by his mother on Wednesday week. The deceased soldier enlisted in September 1914, in the Leicester’s, and was afterwards transferred to the Machine Gun Corps. He was severely wounded in the back and left leg, and died while being conveyed to hospital. This brave young soldier, who was in his 24th year, was the third son of the late Mr Philip Cox, the well known Ranksborough earth stopper. Previous to enlisting he was employed by Mr Watchorn, of Barleythorpe, who found him a man to be always thoroughly relied on. Deep sympathy goes out to his mother and family on the loss of such a highly respected son. Prior to the war he was an agricultural worker, originally enlisting in the 9th Battalion of the Leicestershire Regiment, he was then transferred to the Machine Gun Corps and embarked for France in June 1915. He served at Messines and Ypres, and it was whilst in the Ypres sector on the 16th August 1917 that he was wounded in the left side and leg by shrapnel. He died in the ambulance car on the way from the dressing station to an Australian Casualty Clearing Station. “Arthur” wrote a Sergeant to Mrs Cox, “was a very good lad and very popular with his chums.”