Herbert Cox

Sir Herbert Cox
Born	(1860-07-12)12 July 1860 Watford, Hertfordshire
Died	8 October 1923(1923-10-08) (aged 63)
Allegiance	United Kingdom
Service/branch	Indian Army
Years of service	1880–1921
Rank	General
Commands held	69th Punjabis 4th Infantry Brigade 29th Indian Brigade 4th Australian Division
Battles/wars	Second Anglo-Afghan War Third Anglo-Burmese War Mohmand Campaign Tirah Expeditions Boxer Rebellion First World War
Awards	Knight Grand Cross of the Order of the Bath Knight Commander of the Order of St Michael and St George Companion of the Order of the Star of India Mentioned in Despatches Order of the White Eagle (Serbia)

General Sir Herbert Vaughan Cox, GCB, KCMG, CSI (12 July 1860 – 8 October 1923) was a British officer in the Indian Army.

Cox was born in Watford, the son of the Rector of Upper Chelsea. He was educated at Charterhouse and the Royal Military College, Sandhurst, and was commissioned into the 25th Foot (later the King's Own Scottish Borderers) in 1880.

Posted to India, he served in the closing stages of the Second Anglo-Afghan War and was promoted lieutenant. He transferred to the Madras Staff Corps in 1882 and served in the Third Anglo-Burmese War of 1885–1886 with the 21st Madras Infantry.

Cox then briefly served as adjutant of the South India Railway Volunteer Corps before being appointed Deputy Assistant Adjutant-General for Musketry in Burma. Soon afterwards he was appointed DAAG of Imperial Service Troops. He was promoted captain in 1891. In 1894 he became an inspector of the contingents supplied by the Indian Princely States. He served on the Mohmand and Tirah Expeditions, being promoted major on 14 January 1900. Later that year he served in China during the Boxer Rebellion, for which he received the China War Medal (1900). The medal was presented to him in person by the Prince of Wales on 2 July 1902, following a parade in London of Indian troops visiting the United Kingdom for the Coronation of King Edward VII and Queen Alexandra.