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COXHEAD, JAMES ALFRED (1851–)
Colonel : born 1851 : son of John Coxhead : educated at Merchant Taylors, Henley, and R.M.A., Woolwich : entered the Royal Artillery, 1872 : was Private Secretary and A.D.C. to Sir Henry Norman when Governor of Jamaica, 1883–7 : served at the Malakand Pass, 1895, and relief of Chitral : commanded the R.A. Indian Contingent in S. Africa till relief of Ladysmith : C.B. in 1900.
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