COTTERILL Harold

  • First Name(s):
    Harold 
  • Surname:
    COTTERILL
  • Service Number:
    CHX326
  • Rank:

    Marine

  • Conflict:
    WW2
  • Service:
    Navy
  • Naval Service:
    Royal Marines
  • Ship:
    HMS Arethusa
  • Former Units:
    None
  • Date of Death:
    18th November 1942
  • Age At Death:
    37
  • Place of Death:
    Unknown
  • Place of Burial:
    Commemorated on Chatham Naval Memorial, Kent, England, Panel 65, Column 2.
  • Place of Birth:
    Unknown
  • Home Town:
    Unknown
  • Casualty's Relatives:

    Son of Joseph and Annie Cotterill, of Stakenbridge, Worcestershire

Remember The Fallen - Lest We Forget

COTTERILL Harold Is Named On These Memorials

Churchill and Blakedown War Memorial

Further Information About COTTERILL Harold

HMS Arethusa sailed from Alexandria in November 1942 to form part of an escort for a convoy to Malta. On the 18th November she was 450 miles from port when low flying Italian aircraft dropped a torpedo which struck the ship. The explosion and fire that followed claimed the lives of 156 of the ship’s crew. Although badly damaged, the surviving crew members managed to get the ship back to Alexandria where she underwent temporary repairs before being taken to the USA for full repair.

Appears on the Royal Navy casualties list for Worcestershire.

A letter from the Reverend N. Panten, Churchill with Blakedown dated April 1950 can be found within war records held at Worcestershire Archives requesting that Harold Cotterill be added to the county roll of honour. The letter states that Able Seaman Harold Cotterill, Royal Navy, was shot while on convoy work on board HMS Arethusa

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