Family tree Goossens x Van der Heijden » Wilhelmus Kox (1920-1940)
Personal data Wilhelmus Kox
- He was born on October 1, 1920 in Eindhoven.
- He died on May 10, 1940 in Rijswijk, he was 19 years old.
- A child of Willem Kox and Joanna Maria van Lieshout
- This information was last updated on November 17, 2019.
Household of Wilhelmus Kox
Notes about Wilhelmus Kox
Oorlogsslachtoffer.
Wim Kox
1920 - 1940
Wim wordt geboren op 1 oktober 1920 in Strijp dat sinds dat jaar bij Eindhoven is gevoegd. Hij meldt zich voor militaire dienst bij de Koninklijke Landmacht en wordt als soldaat ingedeeld bij de grenadiers. Als vanaf het najaar van 1939 de oorlogsdreiging voor Nederland steeds verder oploopt, wordt Wim onder de wapenen geroepen en ingezet voor de verdediging van vliegveld Ypenburg bij Rijswijk.
Op 10 mei 1940 valt het Duitse leger Nederland binnen. De Luftwaffe vliegt voor de hoofdmacht uit om paratroepen naar strategische punten verderop in Zuid-Holland te brengen, zodat de Nederlandse regering en generale staf tot een snelle capitulatie kan worden gedwongen. Een van die strategische punten is vliegveld Ypenburg, waar onmiddellijk na de Duitse luchtlanding felle gevechten uitbreken om het vliegveld terug te veroveren.
Wim komt bij die gevechten op de eerste oorlogsdag om het leven. Hij is 19 jaar geworden en vindt zijn laatste rustplaats op Militair ereveld Grebbeberg. In de Waterwijk te Ypenburg herinnert de straat Koxwater aan het offer dat Wim heeft gebracht.
Second World War victim
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Historical events
Birthday October 1, 1920
- The temperature on October 1, 1920 was between 9.9 °C and 16.4 °C and averaged 12.6 °C. There was 2.8 mm of rain. There was 2.1 hours of sunshine (18%). The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the south-southeast. Source: KNMI
- Koningin Wilhelmina (Huis van Oranje-Nassau) was from 1890 till 1948 sovereign of the Netherlands (also known as Koninkrijk der Nederlanden)
- In The Netherlands , there was from September 9, 1918 to September 18, 1922 the cabinet Ruys de Beerenbrouck I, with Jonkheer mr. Ch.J.M. Ruys de Beerenbrouck (RKSP) as prime minister.
- In the year 1920: Source: Wikipedia
- The Netherlands had about 6.8 million citizens.
- January 17 » Alcohol Prohibition begins in the United States as the Volstead Act goes into effect.
- February 24 » Nancy Astor becomes the first woman to speak in the House of Commons of the United Kingdom following her election as a Member of Parliament (MP) three months earlier.
- March 13 » The Kapp Putsch briefly ousts the Weimar Republic government from Berlin.
- August 31 » Polish–Soviet War: A decisive Polish victory in the Battle of Komarów.
- October 30 » The Communist Party of Australia is founded in Sydney.
- December 19 » King Constantine I is restored as King of the Hellenes after the death of his son Alexander of Greece and a plebiscite.
Day of death May 10, 1940
- The temperature on May 10, 1940 was between 6.0 °C and 19.4 °C and averaged 13.3 °C. There was 12.4 hours of sunshine (81%). The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the north-northeast. Source: KNMI
- Koningin Wilhelmina (Huis van Oranje-Nassau) was from 1890 till 1948 sovereign of the Netherlands (also known as Koninkrijk der Nederlanden)
- In The Netherlands , there was from August 10, 1939 to September 3, 1940 the cabinet De Geer II, with Jonkheer mr. D.J. de Geer (CHU) as prime minister.
- In The Netherlands , there was from September 3, 1940 to July 27, 1941 the cabinet Gerbrandy I, with Prof. dr. P.S. Gerbrandy (ARP) as prime minister.
- In the year 1940: Source: Wikipedia
- The Netherlands had about 8.8 million citizens.
- March 12 » Winter War: Finland signs the Moscow Peace Treaty with the Soviet Union, ceding almost all of Finnish Karelia.
- May 15 » World War II: After fierce fighting, the poorly trained and equipped Dutch troops surrender to Germany, marking the beginning of five years of occupation.
- July 19 » World War II: Battle of Cape Spada: The Royal Navy and the Regia Marina clash; the Italian light cruiser Bartolomeo Colleoni sinks, with 121 casualties.
- August 19 » First flight of the B-25 Mitchell medium bomber.
- September 7 » Romania returns Southern Dobruja to Bulgaria under the Treaty of Craiova.
- October 21 » The first edition of the Ernest Hemingway novel For Whom the Bell Tolls is published.
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