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in April 1883 as
Assistant Inspector of Gymnasia under Colonel G. M. Onslow. In July 1883 he was promoted Major. Fox was promoted to Lieutenant-Colonel in 1888 and was a Colonel by 1900. Fox married firstly Mary Rose "Minnie" Newall in 1881 who died in childbirth in 1882 giving birth to her daughter
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From 1890 to 1897 Fox was
Inspector of Gymnasia at Aldershot, having succeeded Colonel G. M. Onslow, and financed the expansion of the army athletic grounds and gymnasia at Aldershot using his second wife's money including in 1894 building the gymnasium that was later to bear his name. An expert
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in March 1918. In his will he left an estate valued at £31,244 12s 5d. The
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Fox had an interest in physical training, in particular in fencing and boxing, and he organised various sporting competitions in the Army which lead to his appointment at
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Colonel George
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The Black Watch (Royal Highlanders), Captain George Malcolm Fox to be Major, vice J. S. Walker, retired:
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before joining the army. Fox began his military career serving with the
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as the Chief Inspector of Physical Training. He was a member of the
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Ffoulkes, Charles John; Hopkinson, Edward Campbell (1967).
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George Malcolm Fox was entitled to the following medals:
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