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VC689 William Reginald Cotter
BORN March 1883
DIED 14 March 1916 AGE 32
VC Won 6 March 1916 AGE 32
Place VC Won Hohenzollern Redoubt, France
War/Campaign First World War 1916
Name William Reginald Cotter No. 6707
VC Issue No. 689 Awards VC
Regiment East Kent Regiment (The Buffs), 6th (Service) Battalion
Later
Now Princess of Wales Royal Regiment
Rank VC Won Acting Corporal
Rank End Of Career Acting Corporal
Place Of Birth Young's Road, Folkestone, Kent, England
Place Of Death Lillers Field Hospital, France
Buried/Location Ashes Lillers Communal Cemetery & Extension, 7 miles north-west of Bethune, Pas de Calais, France
Cremated
Date Buried/Cremated
Headstone Headstone (CWGC) Plot/Grave no. Plot IV, Row E, Grave 45
Gazetted 30 March 1916
VC Presented 29 November 1916 by King George V at Buckingham Palace, London, England to his parents, Richard and Amy
Memorials
P Headstone, Lillers Communal Cemetery & Extension, 7 miles north-west of Bethune, Pas de Calais, France
P Plaque at Chichester Memorial Hall, High Street, Sandgate, Kent
P Named on Sandgate War Memorial, Military Road, Kent
P Memorial Plaque, The Step Short Centenary Arch, Folkestone, Kent
By The Way…
He lost an eye due to a bar brawl at the Lion Public House, Folkestone, Kent in November 1901
VC Held By
National Army Museum, Royal Hospital Road, Chelsea, London, England
