Memorial tablet to A/Corporal William Cotter VC at Sandgate, Folkestone
William Richard Cotter of 6th (Service) Battalion, The Buffs (East Kent Regiment) was posthumously awarded the Victoria Cross (VC) for an act of gallantry on 6-7 March 1916 near the Hohenzollern Redoubt at Loos. He is commemorated in his hometown of Sandgate in Kent on this memorial tablet in the entrance lobby of the Chichester Hall which was unveiled on 28 April 1916.
NAM Accession Number
NAM. 2001-01-316-1
Copyright/Ownership
National Army Museum, London
Location
National Army Museum, Study Collection
Object URL
https://collection.nam.ac.uk/detail.php?acc=2001-01-316-1
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