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Overpainted photograph of Acting Cpl William Richard Cotter VC. Oil on photograph, on paper laid down on card, details unknown. Bust length portrait in uniform, with sergeant’s stripes, wearing peaked forage cap. 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.

World War One, Western Front (1914-1918)