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30/03/2020 The CWGC record Private William Henry Cottingham as the son of William Skinner Cottingham and Harriet Cottingham. He is also listed as the husband of Gladys Rose Cottingham of West Bridgford, Nottingham.
30/03/2020 Private Cottingham is listed on the WW2 Memorial in St Giles Church in West Bridgford, Nottingham.
30/03/2020 Private Cottingham is buried in St Patrick’s Church Of Ireland Churchyard in Kilrea. His inscription reads: REST ETERNAL GRANT HIM AFTER WEARY FIGHT.
30/03/2020 Private William Henry Cottingham was serving with the Royal Army Service Corps when he died on 30th November 1941, age 41.
30/03/2020 William was the husband of Gladys Rose Cottingham.
30/03/2020 William Cottingham was born about 1900. No record of the family can be found in either the 1901 census, implying he was born elsewhere.
30/03/2020 William Henry Cottingham was the son of William Skinner and Harriet Cottingham.
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