Before the war John Cox was studying French and German at Wadham College, Oxford. Cox was given an emergency commission into the Royal Artillery in November 1940.
In 1944 he led Jedburgh Team 'Ivor' in France for which he was Mentioned in Despatches and awarded a Croix de Guerre.
After his mission for which he was awarded the Military Cross he was dropped a second time behind the lines into Burma to work with Burmese nationalists with Sergeant Tack and Major Reid. After being taken prisoner by Indian National Army troops, Cox, Reid and Tack managed to escape, and were on the run for about three days before joining up with SOE colleagues.
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