Sergeant William Cuthbert Cottingham

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PERSONAL INFORMATION

Name: Cottingham, William Cuthbert

Date of birth: 1894-05-01

Place of birth: Canada

Next of kin: Ormstown, Quebec

Marital status: no data

Religion: Church of England

Date of death: 1917-07-07

Cause of death: Died in war, unknown cause

Buried: Loos British Cemetery, XIX. G. 18.

MILITARY INFORMATION

Regimental number: 448604

Highest Rank: Sergeant (24th Battalion)

Rank detail

Sergeant, 24th Battalion, Infantry (Army).

Degree of service: Europe

Survived war: no

Commemoration location: St. Lambert Soldiers Memorial

RESEARCH INFORMATION

CVWM ID: No CVWM ID in our database, but try this.

CWGC ID: 562180

LAC ID: 119516

Service file: B2035-S021

Uploader's Notes:

Son of Samuel and Annie L. E. Cottingham, of 245, Edison Avenue, St. Lambert, P.Q. Born at Ormstown, Quebec.

Appears on Honour roll in above-mentioned CD book

Action is cited in Fetherstongaugh for 24th Battalion on July 7, 1917 date of death) as the battalion moved up to relieve the 25th and there had been intense fire the night before in the Lens area, but I cannot confirm that Cottingham was killed that day (see Fetherstonhaugh Chapter VIII Trench Tours on the Vimy front P. 148-149)

Uploader's Research notes:

1911 Census Canada (Ancestry.ca)

The 24th Battalion CEF Victoria Rifles of Canada 1914-1919 Battalion Archive CD Books Canada R.C. Fetherstonhaugh

[Sergeant Army Canadian Infantry 24th Battalion ]

ARCHIVAL INFORMATION

Date added: 2004-09-04

Last modified: 2009-09-16