Cox, Pvt. Christopher Augustus b. December 25, 1889 d. April 28, 1959 British Victoria Cross recipient. Christopher Augustus Cox was born in the small town of King's Langley, in North-West Hertfordshire, and lived there all his life. In 1912, he married Maud Swan, with whom he went on to have eight children. In September 1914, shortly after the outbreak of the First World War, he volunteered for active service and, the following July, went to France with the 7th. Battalion of the Bedfordshire Regiment, where he served as a stretcher bearer. He was wounded in the...[Read More] (Bio by: Iain MacFarlaine) All Saints Churchyard, Kings Langley, Hertfordshire, England
Gaveston, Earl of Cornwall, Piers b. 1284 d. June 19, 1312 English Nobility. The son of a Gascon knight favored by Edward I, he was brought up in the royal household where he became a close friend of the King's son, later Edward II. He was Regent of England during the King's absence in France in 1308 and played a prominent part in King's coronation. His arrogance angered the nobles, and he was captured and executed on Blacklow Hill near Warwick. (Bio by: julia&keld) Kings Langley Priory, Kings Langley, Hertfordshire, England
b. December 25, 1889 d. April 28, 1959