Cap badge, belonging to Acting Cpl William Richard Cotter VC, 1916.
Presented by his friend G/498 Cpl F W Parker MM and bar, who helped to carry him from the trench when fatally wounded in the fighting near the Holenzollen Redoubt, 6 Mar 1916.
6707 Acting Cpl William Richard Cotter VC, 1882-1916, served with 1st Bn and 6th (Service) Bn, The Buffs (East Kent Regiment), 37th Brigade, 12th Eastern Division, 1903-1916.
Cotter served in India 1902-1903, Aden 1903-1904, and on the Western Front during World War One.
He was posthumously awarded the Victoria Cross for bravery in action on 6-7 Mar 1916, near the Hohenzollern Redoubt, Loos, France.
Cotter died in hospital of wounds, Lillers, France, 14 Mar 1916, aged 33.
From the collection of the former Buffs Regimental Museum.