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Identity
Person No.
4599
Service No.
252163V
Last Name
Cox 17
First Name
Clifford Houkem
Initials
C H
Date of Birth
Unknown
Est. Birth Year
1919 (±1 yr) 583
Age at Death
25
Death Record
Date of Death
12 June 1944 134
Cause code
KIA 14,811
Killed in action
Cause of Death
Killed in action 14,686
Killed in action
Military Service
Branch
Army
Rank
Lance Corporal
Regiment
Royal Durban Light Infantry 161
Later renamed Durban Light Infantry (1961)
Corps
South African Infantry Corps 10,347
Unit
Unknown
Defence Force
UDF 24,809
Union Defence Force
Location
Country
Italy 1,909
Locality
Unknown
Cemetery
BOLSENA WAR CEMETERY 187
Grave Reference
II, C, 12. 1
Coordinates
42.58562, 11.99863 OSM
Memorial
Roll of Honour of the Royal Durban Light Infantry, 1939-1945 (panel 2 of 2) Source: kznpr.co.za (KZN: A Photographic Historical Record)
Names on WWII Roll of Honour
Memorial
Durban Light Infantry Chapel (Chapel of St Michael & St George)
Location
Durban Light Infantry Headquarters, Durban
Address
5 DLI Avenue, Durban, South Africa
Coordinates
-29.84722, 31.01583 · OpenStreetMap
Panel
WWII Roll of Honour
On the panel
Position on the panel will be added with photographs
Unit History
Role at time of death
Infantry
Status
Active Citizen Force
"Royal" dropped 1961 on Republic formation.
Notes

Son of Frank C. H. and Jessie B. Cox, of Durban, Natal, South Africa.

Research notes


K.M. Jordan, Royal Durban Light Infantry WWII Roll of Honour ("working document", Aug 2026 draft; email to John & Bobby, 4 Sep 2026, marked "not 100% correct"): COX, Clifford Houkins (Son of Jessie Beatrice (born Louw) Cox, of Powell Road, Morningside, Durban; father Frank Cecil Houkins Cox deceased.) 252163 V Lance Corporal Royal Durban Light Infantry Born 19/7/1918; a butcher before enlistment; served with the 1st Battalion RDLI in North Africa & Italy; WIA 1942; killed in action, during enemy shelling of unit positions, about 4 miles south of Bagno Regio, Italy. Bolsena War Cemetery, Italy. (Also, on the Royal Durban Light Infantry & the Durban Cenotaph WWII Memorials.) 12/06/1944 LHJH-3BF 25

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