Period:

Second World War (1939-1945)

Rank:

Member

Unit:

ARP rescue Party, ARP Bristol, Air Raid Precautions (ARP), Home Office, British Government

Awarded on:

February 21st, 1941

"A direct hit by an H.E. bomb completely demolished a four-storied house.
The cries of a woman were heard from under the debris in the middle of the basement floor. Her head was located about nine feet below the top. Cox worked his way down through a small opening in the wreckage and found the woman buried to her neck.
At great risk to himself, and whilst bombing was still in progress, he proceeded to remove the debris surrounding the woman, loading it into a bucket lowered by the Rescue Party.
This he continued to do for nearly two hours. Eventually he lifted the woman sufficiently to enable her to be rescued."