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Name: WILLOX, George Martin MBE
Birth Date: 29 July 1881 Scotland
Death Date: 8 Dec 1918 Dar es Salaam, on active service
First Date: 1918
Book Reference: LG
War Service: E. Af. Military Labour Corps
General Information:
London Gazette - 7 February 1919 - MBE for valuable services rendered in connection with military operations in East Africa - 2nd Lieut. George Martin Willox, Military Labour Corps (East Africa)
CWGC buried in Upanga Road Cemetery, Dar es Salaam
Notes in FindaGrave Lieutenant George Martin Willox Regiment/Service: Military Labour Corps. Died 08 December 1918. Age: 35**. Son of the Rev. Alexander Cowie Willox and Rachel Blyth Willow [should be Rachel Byth Willox*], of Free Church Manse, Walls, Shetland, Scotland. *FREE CHURCH OF SCOTLAND MINISTERS (1843-1900) names his mother as Rachel Byth, the daughter of George Byth and Elspet Procter. **The 11th of 13 children; he was born on 29th July 1881, in Walls, Shetland.