[3] In 1901 he won the Diamond Challenge Sculls at Henley, beating St G Ashe.

[4] Fox was promoted to lieutenant on 23 April 1902,[5] and served with the Southern Nigeria Regiment of the West African Frontier Force.

On the outbreak of World War I he was with the British Expeditionary Force and took part in the First Battle of Ypres.

On 25 October he defended a breach in the line and captured five German officers and 200 men, and as a result was awarded the DSO.

In the course of his run to the border, travelling with a Lieutenant Blank, he met up with Captain John Caunter who in his chronicle of his time in German camps and his escape described Fox's experiences in detail.