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[Illustration: =Bruce Duffus Costin.=] =COTTAM, HARRY FREDERICK=, E.R.A., 2nd Class, 271794, H.M.S. Aboukir; lost in action in the North Sea, 22 Sept. 1914. =COTTER, JOHN JOSEPH=, Leading Seaman, 194875, Devonport, H.M.S. Good Hope; lost in action off Coronel, on the coast of Chili, 1 Nov. 1914. =COTTINGHAM, HERBERT=, A.B. (R.F.R., B. 6015), 210795, H.M.S. Aboukir lost in action in the North Sea, 22 Sept. 1914. =COTTON, HENRY ALBERT=, Boy, 1st Class, J. 26631, H.M.S. Hawke; lost when that ship was torpedoed in the North Sea, 15 Oct. 1914. =COTTON, PHILIP=, Private, No. 6746, 2nd Battn. Royal Irish Regt., _s._ of Thomas Cotton, Chimney Sweep; _b._ New Ross, co. Hereford, 1885; educ. there; served 13 years in the Royal Irish Regt. (India medal, 1895); re-enlisted after the outbreak of war, 21 Sept. 1914; served with the Expeditionary Force in France, and was killed in the trenches by a flash of lightning, 22 May, 1915. He _m._ at New Ross, 20 May, 1907, Kate (2, Michael Street, New Ross), dau. of James Hennebury, of New Ross, and had three daus.: Anastatia, _b._ 1 Jan. 1908; Elizabeth, _b._ 1 Feb. 1912; and May, _b._ 27 Feb. 1915. =COTTON, SIDNEY=, A.B. (R.F.R., B. 5176), S.S. 1858, H.M.S. Good Hope; lost in action off Coronel, on the coast of Chili, 1 Nov. 1914. =COTTON, THOMAS FREDERICK=, Chief E.R.A., 1st Class (Pensioner), 149729 (Po.), H.M.S. Aboukir; lost in action in the North Sea, 22 Sept. 1914. =COTTRELL, GEORGE FREDERICK=, 2nd Lieut. 108th Heavy Battery, R.G.A., _s._ of George Anderson Cottrell, of Allandale, Sandon Road, Edgbaston, by his wife, Mary Agnes, dau. of the late Alexander Smith, of Bingley, Yorks.; _b._ West Bromwich, co. Stafford, 27 Oct. 1892; educ. Bromsgrove School and King Edward's School, Birmingham, where he was Colour-Sergt. in the O.T.C., and was awarded the Coronation medal as the best all-round boy. He entered the Royal Military Academy, Woolwich, and there was senior Sergt., and won prizes for infantry training and military law. He received his commission, 18 July, 1913, and until the outbreak of the war was stationed in the Isle of Wight. In Sept. 1914, he left for the Front, and was attached to an ammunition column of the Indian Army, being posted to the 108th Heavy Battery, R.G.A., in Jan. 1915. He was killed in action at Ypres, 11 May, 1915, and was buried in a railed off piece of ground used as a war cemetery, in the grounds of the chateau of the Gold Fish, Ypres; _unm._ A stained glass window, subscribed for by his brother officers friends, was placed in the church used by the R.G.A. at Freshwater, I.W. Lieut. Cottrell was one of the "shop" fifteen while at Woolwich, and afterwards was a member of the United Services Football Club, and also played for the Army and three counties on various occasions. [Illustration: =George Frederick Cottrell.=] =COTTRELL, WILLIAM=, Private, No. 7305, 1st Battn. Worcestershire Regt., _s._ of Edward Cottrell, Iron moulder, by his wife, Phoebe, dau. of Joseph Dean; _b._ Tipton, co. Staffs, 26 Oct. 1884; educ. Council Schools there; enlisted 6 Nov. 1902, and was killed in action at Neuve Chapelle, 10-13 March, 1915; _unm._ [Illustration: =William Cottrell.=] =COTTRELL, WILLIAM GEORGE=, Leading Stoker (R.F.R., B. 5209), 303575, H.M.S. Good Hope; lost in action off Coronel, on the coast of Chili, 1 Nov. 1914. =COUCH, HERBERT WILLIAM=, Engineer Lieut.-Commander, R.N., 4th _s._ of James Couch, Major, late 2nd North Staffordshire Regt., by his wife, Helen, dau. of William Hollis; _b._ Malta, 3 Sept. 1879; educ. Mile End House School, Portsmouth, and Keyham College, Devonport. Entering the Navy in 1905 he was promoted Lieut.-Commander in Aug. 1913, and appointed in July, 1914, to H.M.S. Good Hope, on which he was killed in action, off the coast of Chili, 1 Nov. following. Engineer Lieut.-Commander Couch had the Messina medal. He _m._ at Portsmouth, 18 Dec. 1906, Edith Cecila (Grace's Farm, Martyr Worthy, Winchester, Hants), dau. of the late Richard King, Royal Mail Contractor, and had a son and dau.: Richard John Hollis, _b._ 16 Nov. 1907; and Cecile Mary, _b._ 12 Nov. 1909. [Illustration: =Herbert William Couch.=] =COULL, CHARLES WILLIAM=, Leading Shipwright, 347244, H.M.S. Aboukir; lost in action in the North Sea, 22 Sept. 1914. =COULSON, JOHN=, Private, R.M.L.I., Ch./17211, H.M.S. Hawke; lost when that ship was torpedoed in the North Sea, 15 Oct. 1914. =COULTART, WILLIAM PERCY=, Stoker, 1st Class, K. 16961, H.M.S. Aboukir; lost in action in the North Sea, 22 Sept. 1914. =COUNTER, WILLIAM GILL=, Private, R.M.L.I., 13098 (R.F.R., B. 1831), H.M.S. Aboukir; lost in action in the North Sea, 22 Sept. 1914. =COUPER, WALTER=, Private, No. 9128, 4th Coy., 2nd Battn. Coldstream Guards, 2nd _s._ of William Clark Couper, of 36, St. Mary's Road, Watford, Herts, Police Constable, by his wife, Harriet, dau. of Henry Gulliver; _b._ Kensington, W., 24 March, 1892; educ. St. James' School, Norlands, Notting Hill; joined the 1st Battn. Herts Regt. (T.F.) in May, 1909, and enlisted in the Coldstreams, 7 June, 1911; served three years with the Colours, and then passed into the Reserve, from which he was called on the outbreak of war. He went to the Front with the Expeditionary Force, and died in No. 11 General Hospital, Boulogne, 10 Nov. 1914, of wounds received in action on the 2nd. He was buried in Boulogne Cemetery (Grave No. c/19). A comrade wrote: "On 1 Nov. Corporal Palmer was wounded in the arm, and Walter took him to hospital. Walter did not come back till mid-day on Monday, the 2nd. I met him in the communication trench, and he had two letters for some one in another platoon. The Sergt. of this other platoon was behind him, so he had to turn round in the trench. The trench being rather narrow he had to show his head above the top. No sooner did his head show above the trench when a German sniper shot, and the bullet cut the side of his head where he had a bald patch. I obtained help at once, and our machine gun officer bound the wound up for him. He was then taken away on a stretcher. On 23 Oct. our platoon held a line of trenches from which the Queen's (Royal West Surrey) had retire |