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| honorific_suffix = [[FRIBA]]
| honorific_suffix = [[FRIBA]]
| image = Major George Bernard Cox.png
| image = Major George Bernard Cox.png
| caption = Major George Bernard Cox from the Birmingham Daily Post, Thursday 12 October 1950
| caption = Cox in the Birmingham Daily Post, 1950
| birth_name =
| birth_name =
| birth_date = 31 July 1886<ref>''1939 England and Wales Register''</ref><ref> ''England & Wales, Civil Registration Death Index, 1916-2007''</ref>
| birth_date = 31 July 1886<ref>''1939 England and Wales Register''</ref><ref>''England & Wales, Civil Registration Death Index, 1916-2007''</ref>
| birth_place = [[Handsworth, West Midlands|Handsworth]], [[Staffordshire]], England<ref>''1911 England Census''</ref>
| birth_place = [[Handsworth, West Midlands|Handsworth]], [[Staffordshire]], England<ref>''1911 England Census''</ref>
| death_date = {{dda|1978|10|20|1886|7|31|df=y}}<ref>''England & Wales, National Probate Calendar (Index of Wills and Administrations), 1858-1966, 1973-1995''</ref>
| death_date = {{death date and age|1978|10|20|1886|7|31|df=y}}<ref>''England & Wales, National Probate Calendar (Index of Wills and Administrations), 1858-1966, 1973-1995''</ref>
| death_place =[[Minehead]], [[Somerset]], England
| death_place =[[Minehead]], [[Somerset]], England
| death_cause =
| death_cause =
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==Life==
==Life==
He was born on 31 July 1886 in Birmingham, the son of George Henry Cox (1854-1893) and Mary Elizabeth Cox (1855-1931). He married Mary Hopwood, eldest daughter of T.W. Hopwood of Lea Hall, Handsworth on 1 July 1914 in St Chad’s Cathedral, Birmingham. Their son, Lieutenant Christopher P.B. Cox, R.A. was killed in action in Burma in 1944 aged 23.<ref>{{cite news |author=<!--Staff writer(s); no by-line.--> |title=Obituary |url=https://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/bl/0000619/19440422/191/0006 |newspaper=Birmingham Daily Post |location=England |date=22 April 1944 |access-date=20 April 2024 |via=British Newspaper Archive |url-access=subscription }}</ref>
He was born on 31 July 1886 in Birmingham, the son of George Henry Cox (1854-1893) and Mary Elizabeth Cox (1855-1931). He married Mary Hopwood, eldest daughter of T.W. Hopwood of Lea Hall, Handsworth on 1 July 1914 in St Chad’s Cathedral, Birmingham. Their son, Lieutenant Christopher P.B. Cox, R.A. was killed in action in Burma in 1944 aged 23.<ref>{{cite news |author=<!--Staff writer(s); no by-line.--> |title=Obituary |url=https://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/bl/0000619/19440422/191/0006 |newspaper=Birmingham Daily Post |location=England |date=22 April 1944 |access-date=20 April 2024 |via=British Newspaper Archive |url-access=subscription }}</ref>


From the [[Artists Rifles|Artists Rifles O.T.C.]] he became a 2nd Lieutenant in the [[East Yorkshire Regiment]] on 5 September 1916<ref>{{London Gazette |issue=29744 |date=12 September 1916 |page=8913 }}</ref> and then the [[Corps of Royal Engineers]] in November 1917.<ref>{{London Gazette |issue=30438 |date=18 December 1917 |page=13339 |supp=y }}</ref> He also served in the [[Second World War]].
From the [[Artists Rifles|Artists Rifles O.T.C.]] he became a 2nd Lieutenant in the [[East Yorkshire Regiment]] on 5 September 1916<ref>{{London Gazette |issue=29744 |date=12 September 1916 |page=8913 }}</ref> and then the [[Corps of Royal Engineers]] in November 1917.<ref>{{London Gazette |issue=30438 |date=18 December 1917 |page=13339 |supp=y }}</ref> He also served in the [[Second World War]].
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===Churches===
===Churches===
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*St Elizabeth's Church, [[Coventry]] 1914-16<ref>[http://www.stelizabethcoventry.co.uk/ St ElizabethCoventry.co.uk] retrieved 12 December 2015</ref>
*St Elizabeth's Church, [[Coventry]] 1914-16<ref>[http://www.stelizabethcoventry.co.uk/ St ElizabethCoventry.co.uk] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151222103548/http://www.stelizabethcoventry.co.uk/ |date=22 December 2015 }} retrieved 12 December 2015</ref>
*Sacred Heart and St Margaret Mary Church, [[Aston, Birmingham|Aston]] 1922 and 1934 [[Grade II listed building|Grade-II listed]] <ref>{{NHLE|num=1393309|desc=|accessdate=2 October 2015}}</ref>
*Sacred Heart and St Margaret Mary Church, [[Aston, Birmingham|Aston]] 1922 and 1934 [[Grade II listed building|Grade-II listed]]<ref>{{NHLE|num=1393309|desc=|accessdate=2 October 2015}}</ref>
*Franciscan Monastery, Olton, Birmingham 1925<ref>{{cite news |author=<!--Staff writer(s); no by-line.--> |title=Birmingham Friars’ New Church |url=https://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/bl/0004156/19260424/220/0009 |newspaper=Nottingham and Midland Catholic News |location=England |date=24 April 1926 |access-date=17 April 2024 |via=British Newspaper Archive |url-access=subscription }}</ref> (extensions)
*Franciscan Monastery, Olton, Birmingham 1925<ref>{{cite news |author=<!--Staff writer(s); no by-line.--> |title=Birmingham Friars’ New Church |url=https://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/bl/0004156/19260424/220/0009 |newspaper=Nottingham and Midland Catholic News |location=England |date=24 April 1926 |access-date=17 April 2024 |via=British Newspaper Archive |url-access=subscription }}</ref> (extensions)
*[[St Edward's Church, Selly Park, Birmingham|St Edward's Church]], [[Selly Park]] Birmingham, 1925-26 (sanctuary and side chapels)
*[[St Edward's Church, Selly Park, Birmingham|St Edward's Church]], [[Selly Park]] Birmingham, 1925-26 (sanctuary and side chapels)
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==Other works==
===Other===
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*New Institute, [[St Francis of Assisi Church, Handsworth|St Francis’ Church, Wretham Road, Handsworth]] 1907-09<ref>{{cite news |author=<!--Staff writer(s); no by-line.--> |title=St Francis, Handsworth |url=https://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/bl/0001750/19070531/078/0005 |newspaper=Catholic Times and Catholic Opinion |location=England |date=31 May 1907 |access-date=20 April 2024 |via=British Newspaper Archive |url-access=subscription }}</ref>
*New Institute, [[St Francis of Assisi Church, Handsworth|St Francis’ Church, Wretham Road, Handsworth]] 1907-09<ref>{{cite news |author=<!--Staff writer(s); no by-line.--> |title=St Francis, Handsworth |url=https://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/bl/0001750/19070531/078/0005 |newspaper=Catholic Times and Catholic Opinion |location=England |date=31 May 1907 |access-date=20 April 2024 |via=British Newspaper Archive |url-access=subscription }}</ref>
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File:HEDNESFORD, Our Lady Lourdes Ext (51749211764).jpg|[[Our Lady of Lourdes Church, Hednesford]]
File:HEDNESFORD, Our Lady Lourdes Ext (51749211764).jpg|[[Our Lady of Lourdes Church, Hednesford]]
File:St Peter & St Paul's Catholic Church, Swadlincote - geograph.org.uk - 6204552.jpg|Swadlincote Catholic Church
File:St Peter & St Paul's Catholic Church, Swadlincote - geograph.org.uk - 6204552.jpg|Swadlincote Catholic Church
File:Our Lady of the Assumption, Old Oscott Hill - geograph.org.uk - 33535.jpg|Our Lady of the Assumption, Old Oscott Hill
File:St.Patrick's,Walsall - geograph.org.uk - 92402.jpg|St Patrick's Church, Walsall
File:St Catherine of Siena, Birmingham.JPG|[[St Catherine of Siena Church, Birmingham]]
File:St Catherine of Siena, Birmingham.JPG|[[St Catherine of Siena Church, Birmingham]]
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Latest revision as of 12:08, 25 September 2024

Major
George Bernard Cox
FRIBA
Cox in the Birmingham Daily Post, 1950
Born31 July 1886[1][2]
Handsworth, Staffordshire, England[3]
Died20 October 1978(1978-10-20) (aged 92)[4]
Minehead, Somerset, England
OccupationArchitect

Major George Bernard Cox FRIBA (31 July 1886 – 20 October 1978) was a British architect and co-founder with Arthur Harrison of Harrison and Cox. He primarily designed Roman Catholic churches.

Life

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He was born on 31 July 1886 in Birmingham, the son of George Henry Cox (1854-1893) and Mary Elizabeth Cox (1855-1931). He married Mary Hopwood, eldest daughter of T.W. Hopwood of Lea Hall, Handsworth on 1 July 1914 in St Chad’s Cathedral, Birmingham. Their son, Lieutenant Christopher P.B. Cox, R.A. was killed in action in Burma in 1944 aged 23.[5]

From the Artists Rifles O.T.C. he became a 2nd Lieutenant in the East Yorkshire Regiment on 5 September 1916[6] and then the Corps of Royal Engineers in November 1917.[7] He also served in the Second World War.

He formed a partnership with Arthur Harrison sometime in the first decade of the 20th century, and this partnership survived until Arthur Harrison's death in 1922. The business continued under the name Harrison & Cox.

He retired in 1967 aged 80[8] and died on 20 October 1978 at Huntspill, The Parks, Minehead and left an estate valued at £262,772.

List of works

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Churches

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  • St Elizabeth's Church, Coventry 1914-16[9]
  • Sacred Heart and St Margaret Mary Church, Aston 1922 and 1934 Grade-II listed[10]
  • Franciscan Monastery, Olton, Birmingham 1925[11] (extensions)
  • St Edward's Church, Selly Park Birmingham, 1925-26 (sanctuary and side chapels)
  • Birmingham Oratory 1927 (North east chapel with the shrine of St Philip)[12]
  • Church of the Holy Ghost and Mary Immaculate, Olton, Birmingham 1929
  • St Mary’s Redemptorist Church, Clapham 1930[13] (extensions)
  • St Joseph and St Helen's Church, King's Norton, Birmingham 1933
  • Our Lady of Lourdes Church, Hednesford 1928–34 Grade-II listed[14]
  • Holy Trinity Church, Sutton Coldfield, Birmingham 1934
  • Roman Catholic Church, High Street, Brownhills 1935[15]
  • St Mary and St John's Church, Gravelly Hill, Birmingham 1937
  • Roman Catholic Church of the Sacred Heart and St Theresa, Coleshill 1938-42[16]
  • St Augustine’s Roman Catholic Church, Uplands Road/Avenue Road, Handsworth 1939[17]
  • Roman Catholic Church of the Sacred Heart and Holy Souls, Acock’s Green 1940 [18]
  • Church of the Sacred Heart and St Theresa, Coleshill 1941
  • Roman Catholic Church, Swadlingcote, 1956[19]
  • Our Lady of the Assumption, Old Oscott Hill, Maryvale, Warwickshire 1954-57
  • St Patrick's Church, Walsall 1964
  • Our Lady of Lourdes, Yardley Wood, Birmingham 1964-65
  • St Catherine of Siena Church, Birmingham 1961-65

Other

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References

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  1. ^ 1939 England and Wales Register
  2. ^ England & Wales, Civil Registration Death Index, 1916-2007
  3. ^ 1911 England Census
  4. ^ England & Wales, National Probate Calendar (Index of Wills and Administrations), 1858-1966, 1973-1995
  5. ^ "Obituary". Birmingham Daily Post. England. 22 April 1944. Retrieved 20 April 2024 – via British Newspaper Archive.
  6. ^ "No. 29744". The London Gazette. 12 September 1916. p. 8913.
  7. ^ "No. 30438". The London Gazette (Supplement). 18 December 1917. p. 13339.
  8. ^ "For the record…". Birmingham Daily Post. England. 29 May 1967. Retrieved 17 April 2024 – via British Newspaper Archive.
  9. ^ St ElizabethCoventry.co.uk Archived 22 December 2015 at the Wayback Machine retrieved 12 December 2015
  10. ^ Historic England. "Details from listed building database (1393309)". National Heritage List for England. Retrieved 2 October 2015.
  11. ^ "Birmingham Friars' New Church". Nottingham and Midland Catholic News. England. 24 April 1926. Retrieved 17 April 2024 – via British Newspaper Archive.
  12. ^ Foster, Andy (2007) [2005]. Birmingham. Pevsner Architectural Guides. Yale University Press. p. 219. ISBN 978-0-300-10731-9.
  13. ^ "Church Building Progress in Southwark". Nottingham and Midland Catholic News. England. 27 September 1930. Retrieved 17 April 2024 – via British Newspaper Archive.
  14. ^ Historic England. "Details from listed building database (1430855)". National Heritage List for England. Retrieved 3 August 2023.
  15. ^ "Roman Catholic Church for Brownhills". Lichfield Mercury. England. 31 May 1935. Retrieved 17 April 2024 – via British Newspaper Archive.
  16. ^ "Bishop Lays Church Foundation Stone". Birmingham Daily Gazette. England. 4 October 1938. Retrieved 17 April 2024 – via British Newspaper Archive.
  17. ^ "A New Handsworth Church". Birmingham Daily Post. England. 26 July 1939. Retrieved 17 April 2024 – via British Newspaper Archive.
  18. ^ "Acock's Green War Memorial Church". Birmingham Daily Post. England. 6 June 1940. Retrieved 17 April 2024 – via British Newspaper Archive.
  19. ^ "New R.C. Church for Swadlincote". Birmingham Daily Post. England. 29 June 1956. Retrieved 17 April 2024 – via British Newspaper Archive.
  20. ^ "St Francis, Handsworth". Catholic Times and Catholic Opinion. England. 31 May 1907. Retrieved 20 April 2024 – via British Newspaper Archive.
  21. ^ "Tanworth Village Hall: The Early Years". Tanworth Village Hall. Retrieved 31 August 2015.
  22. ^ Historic England. "Details from listed building database (1423497)". National Heritage List for England. Retrieved 30 August 2015.
  23. ^ "New Catholic Buildings". Birmingham Weekly Mercury. England. 13 December 1931. Retrieved 17 April 2024 – via British Newspaper Archive.
  24. ^ "New Boys' Club". Birmingham Daily Gazette. England. 24 September 1932. Retrieved 17 April 2024 – via British Newspaper Archive.
  25. ^ "New Catholic Hall". Evening Despatch. England. 29 September 1933. Retrieved 17 April 2024 – via British Newspaper Archive.
  26. ^ "Birmingham's New Inn". Birmingham Daily Gazette. England. 1 February 1934. Retrieved 17 April 2024 – via British Newspaper Archive.
  27. ^ "Elementary School". Birmingham Daily Gazette. England. 29 March 1935. Retrieved 17 April 2024 – via British Newspaper Archive.
  28. ^ "New Catholic School". Birmingham Daily Gazette. England. 10 June 1935. Retrieved 17 April 2024 – via British Newspaper Archive.
  29. ^ "City Architecture". Birmingham Daily Gazette. England. 31 March 1936. Retrieved 17 April 2024 – via British Newspaper Archive.
  30. ^ "Weoley Castle Welfare Centre". Birmingham Daily Gazette. England. 25 February 1936. Retrieved 17 April 2024 – via British Newspaper Archive.
  31. ^ Foster, Andy (2007) [2005]. Birmingham. Pevsner Architectural Guides. Yale University Press. p. 50. ISBN 978-0-300-10731-9.
  32. ^ Foster, Andy (2007) [2005]. Birmingham. Pevsner Architectural Guides. Yale University Press. p. 51. ISBN 978-0-300-10731-9.
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