We were deeply saddened to hear this afternoon about the death of our good friend and former colleague, retired Inspector Neil Cox, who passed away in the Cayman Islands on Wednesday 2nd January 2019. Neil served in the Bermuda Police from 1963-1989 and eventually settled in the Cayman Islands with his wife Marion and their two daughters.  We featured Neil in a "Then and Now article which you can view at http://expobermuda.com/index.php/tan/37-ncox

Having only just received this news today (7th January) we can advise that a Funeral Mass for Neil will be held tomorrow, Tuesday 8th January 2019 at St. Ignatius Catholic Church in Cayman. 

We offer our sincere condolences to Neil's wife, Marion, their two daughters and their children and his extended family and friends.

Editors Note -  Neil was a first class police officer who spent the latter part of his career in Special Branch.  I spent many hours walking the beat in Hamilton with Neil when we first came to Bermuda.  He had a dry but rather 'wicked' sense of humour and one abiding memory I have of him was on an evening he was on guard duty at Government House at a time when we were required to stand outside a small hut all night except for hourly patrols of the grounds which we had to record in a diary in the hut.  One evening Neil noted in the diary, "Out on patrol of grounds".  15 minutes later he recorded another entry, "Returned from patrolling grounds. Government House still in original position!"