Born at Glastonbury [probably Oxenhill, 3 miles northwest of Glastonbury], c.1823.
1841 Census
Oxenhill, Parish of Meare, Somerset
[3 miles northwest of Glastonbury]
Thos Willcox [sic], 40, Butcher.
Sarah Willcox, 42.
Mary Ann Willcox, 20.
Edward Willcox, 18.
Enlisted at London on the 11th of January 1845.
Age: 21.
Height: 5' 9".
Trade: Servant.
1851 Census
Pockthorpe Cavalry Barracks, Norwich.
Edward Wilcox, soldier, unmarried, 27, Private, born Meare Somerset.
Slightly wounded in action at Balaclava.
In hospital during April and May 1855.
Died "of cholera" in Camp Kadikoi on the 25th of June 1855.
Entitled to the Crimean medal with clasps for Alma, Balaclava and Sebastopol.
Died "of cholera" in Camp Kadikoi on the 25th of June 1855.
He was buried in the 11th Hussar Cemetery on the road between Kadikoi and Karani. (There is a copy of the memorial inscription in the 11th Hussar file.)
Census information for 1841 and 1851 kindly provided by Chris Poole.