COTTON Henry John

  • First Name(s):
    Henry 
    John 
  • Surname:
    COTTON
  • Service Number:
    15228
  • Rank:

    Company Sergeant Major

  • Conflict:
    WW1
  • Service:
    Army
  • Army Sector:
    Infantry
  • Regiment:
    Worcestershire Regiment
  • Battalion:
    9th Battalion
  • Former Units:
    None
  • Date of Death:
    Unknown
  • Age At Death:
  • Place of Death:
    Unknown
  • Place of Burial:
    Unknown
  • Place of Birth:
    Unknown
  • Home Town:
    Unknown
  • Casualty's Relatives:
    Unknown
Remember The Fallen - Lest We Forget

COTTON Henry John Is Named On These Memorials

Hinton on the Green St Peter’s Church

Further Information About COTTON Henry John

Appears on the memorial under: THESE SERVED AND RETURNED

Henry Cottom was born in 1893, the Son of Albert and Sarah Cotton, The Bevins, Hinton on the Green.  Before enlisting in the army he was employed as a Gardener.  Henry enlisted at Worcester on 1st September 1914 and served as Lance-Corporal, subsequently Company-Sergeant-Major 15228, 9th Battalion Worcestershire Regiment. He went to the Balkans on 4th July 1915.  Henry was awarded Distinguished Conduct Medal (D.C.M.)and was discharged on 31st October 1917 to take up a commission in the Indian Army.  He died in 1967, aged 74.

A photograph of Second Lieutenant H.J. Cotton of Hinton, D.C.M., can be found in Berrow’s Worcester Journal Supplement, Saturday 13th April 1918, available at Worcestershire Archives.

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Credits: Researched by Andy Frisby. Berrow's Worcester Journal Supplement researched by Sandra Taylor.