Percy Cox
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Major General Sir Percy Zachariah Cox GCMG GCIE KCSI KBE DL |
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Percy Cox
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| Nickname(s) | Coccus Kokus (Kokkus) |
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20 November 1864 Harwood Hall, Herongate, Essex, England |
| Died | 20 February 1937 (aged 72) Melchbourne, Bedfordshire, England |
| Allegiance |
 United Kingdom
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| Service/branch |
 British Army British Indian Army
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| Years of service | 1884–1923 |
| Rank | Major-General |
| Battles/wars | Battle of Shaiba, 1914 |
| Awards | Knight Grand Cross of the Order of St Michael and St George Knight Grand Commander of the Order of the Indian Empire Knight Commander of the Order of the Star of India Knight Commander of the Order of the British Empire |
Major-General Sir Percy Zachariah Cox GCMG GCIE KCSI KBE DL (20 November 1864 – 20 February 1937) was a British Indian Army officer and Colonial Office administrator in the Middle East. He was one of the major figures in the creation of the current Middle East
Cox was born in Harwood Hall, Herongate, Essex, the son of Julienne Emily and Arthur Zachariah Cox. He was educated initially at Harrow School where he developed interests in natural history, geography, and travel. In February 1884, being his father's third son and therefore without significant inheritance, Cox joined the Royal Military College, Sandhurst, and was commissioned as a Lieutenant into the Cameronians, joining their 2nd Battalion in India. In November 1889, an outstanding planner, he transferred to the Bengal Staff Corps. On 14 November 1889 he married Louisa Belle, youngest daughter of Irish-born surgeon-general John Butler Hamilton.
After holding minor administrative appointments in Kolhapur and Savantvadi in India, Cox was posted to British Somaliland, which was then administered from India, as Assistant Political Resident at Zeila. He transferred to Berbera in 1894. He was promoted to captain in February 1895. In May 1895 he was given command of an expedition against the Rer Hared clan, which had blocked trade routes and was raiding the coast. With only 52 Indian and Somali regulars and 1,500 poor quality, untrained local irregulars, he defeated the Rer Hared in six weeks. Later that year 1895, he was promoted to be assistant to the Viceroy of India's agent in Baroda.
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