Biographical Data
Cox, William Photo Credit: Unknown

 

Title	Captain (MM)
Official Number

 

Birth	00/00/1855	Death	08/02/1924
Place	(nk)	Place	Victoria
Area	(nk)	Area	BC
Country	Nova Scotia	Country	Canada

 

Titles
Honours
Awards
Qualifications

 

Biography
(He was qualified as a Master Mariner.) In 1890 he joined the sealing trade as Master in the schooner Sapphire. In 1908 he was a Marine Pilot in the Victoria & Esquimalt Pilotage Authority.

 

Military Service

 

Vessels Owned	Colby (Pilot boat) (Part owner);
Aircraft Flown
Named Features

 

Anecdotes

 

References
Wright, E.W. (ed.) (1895 reprinted 1967); Goudie, Ed & R.E. Johns (1986); Wilson, Hill (2005);
Last update
2011-02-08 00:00:00

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