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A Great War 'Western Front' M.M. group of five awarded to Acting Sergeant A. Cotterill,...
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A Great War ‘Western Front’ M.M. group of five awarded to Acting Sergeant A. Cotterill, South Wales Borderers, who had seen earlier action at the siege of Tsingtao, China, in September 1914
Military Medal, G.V.R. (2-10205 A.Sjt. A. Cotterill. 3/S.W. Bord:); 1914-15 Star (10205 L. Cpl. A. Cotterill. S. Wales Bord:); British War and Victory Medals (10205 Cpl. A. Cotterill. S. Wales Bord.); Army L.S. & G.C., G.V.R., 2nd issue with fixed suspension (3903125 Sjt. A. Cotterill. M.M. S. Wales Bord.) contact marks, edge digs, good fine and better (5) £500-£700
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M.M. London Gazette 11 November 1916.
Albert Cotterill was born in Shrewsbury, Shropshire, on 1st July 1890. He attested into the South Wales Borderers on 2 April 1911 and was appointed Lance Corporal. He served during the Great War with the 2nd Battalion, initially at Tientsin, China, and landed at Lao Shan Bay on 23 September 1914 for operations against the German territory of Tsingtao. Embarking for Hong Kong in December, he retuned home the following month before further service at Gallipoli, when he landed at Cape Helles on 25 April 1915. Moving to Egypt in January 1916, and Suez two months later, he landed in Marseilles, France on 15 March 1916, before further service on the Western Front with the 3rd Battalion. Post war, he continued to serve and was advanced Sergeant and awarded his L.S.G.C. in 1927.
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Military Medal, G.V.R. (2-10205 A.Sjt. A. Cotterill. 3/S.W. Bord:); 1914-15 Star (10205 L. Cpl. A. Cotterill. S. Wales Bord:); British War and Victory Medals (10205 Cpl. A. Cotterill. S. Wales Bord.); Army L.S. & G.C., G.V.R., 2nd issue with fixed suspension (3903125 Sjt. A. Cotterill. M.M. S. Wales Bord.) contact marks, edge digs, good fine and better (5) £500-£700
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M.M. London Gazette 11 November 1916.
Albert Cotterill was born in Shrewsbury, Shropshire, on 1st July 1890. He attested into the South Wales Borderers on 2 April 1911 and was appointed Lance Corporal. He served during the Great War with the 2nd Battalion, initially at Tientsin, China, and landed at Lao Shan Bay on 23 September 1914 for operations against the German territory of Tsingtao. Embarking for Hong Kong in December, he retuned home the following month before further service at Gallipoli, when he landed at Cape Helles on 25 April 1915. Moving to Egypt in January 1916, and Suez two months later, he landed in Marseilles, France on 15 March 1916, before further service on the Western Front with the 3rd Battalion. Post war, he continued to serve and was advanced Sergeant and awarded his L.S.G.C. in 1927.
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A Great War ‘Western Front’ M.M. group of five awarded to Acting Sergeant A. Cotterill, South Wales Borderers, who had seen earlier action at the siege of Tsingtao, China, in September 1914
Military Medal, G.V.R. (2-10205 A.Sjt. A. Cotterill. 3/S.W. Bord:); 1914-15 Star (10205 L. Cpl. A. Cotterill. S. Wales Bord:); British War and Victory Medals (10205 Cpl. A. Cotterill. S. Wales Bord.); Army L.S. & G.C., G.V.R., 2nd issue with fixed suspension (3903125 Sjt. A. Cotterill. M.M. S. Wales Bord.) contact marks, edge digs, good fine and better (5) £500-£700
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M.M. London Gazette 11 November 1916.
Albert Cotterill was born in Shrewsbury, Shropshire, on 1st July 1890. He attested into the South Wales Borderers on 2 April 1911 and was appointed Lance Corporal. He served during the Great War with the 2nd Battalion, initially at Tientsin, China, and landed at Lao Shan Bay on 23 September 1914 for operations against the German territory of Tsingtao. Embarking for Hong Kong in December, he retuned home the following month before further service at Gallipoli, when he landed at Cape Helles on 25 April 1915. Moving to Egypt in January 1916, and Suez two months later, he landed in Marseilles, France on 15 March 1916, before further service on the Western Front with the 3rd Battalion. Post war, he continued to serve and was advanced Sergeant and awarded his L.S.G.C. in 1927.
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Military Medal, G.V.R. (2-10205 A.Sjt. A. Cotterill. 3/S.W. Bord:); 1914-15 Star (10205 L. Cpl. A. Cotterill. S. Wales Bord:); British War and Victory Medals (10205 Cpl. A. Cotterill. S. Wales Bord.); Army L.S. & G.C., G.V.R., 2nd issue with fixed suspension (3903125 Sjt. A. Cotterill. M.M. S. Wales Bord.) contact marks, edge digs, good fine and better (5) £500-£700
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M.M. London Gazette 11 November 1916.
Albert Cotterill was born in Shrewsbury, Shropshire, on 1st July 1890. He attested into the South Wales Borderers on 2 April 1911 and was appointed Lance Corporal. He served during the Great War with the 2nd Battalion, initially at Tientsin, China, and landed at Lao Shan Bay on 23 September 1914 for operations against the German territory of Tsingtao. Embarking for Hong Kong in December, he retuned home the following month before further service at Gallipoli, when he landed at Cape Helles on 25 April 1915. Moving to Egypt in January 1916, and Suez two months later, he landed in Marseilles, France on 15 March 1916, before further service on the Western Front with the 3rd Battalion. Post war, he continued to serve and was advanced Sergeant and awarded his L.S.G.C. in 1927.
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