The Sandgate Society Archive

84_William Cotter V.C.pdf

A Lone Ghurka with the Band of the Princess of Wales's Royal Regiment 6th March 2016

Alex Cotter (great nephew) holding a frame with a replica Victoria Cross and Buffs (The East kent Regiment) Badge inside, July 2000

Band and Flag bearers waiting to leave Church and march down to Sandgate War Memorial 6th March 2016

Barton Cottages, Wilberforce Road home of the Cotter Family (demolished now Car Park)

Clergy processing down to Sandgate War Memorial 6th March 2016

During the Ceremony to unveil the paver to William Cotter 6th March 2016

During the Ceremony to unveil the paver to William Cotter 6th March 2016

Entrance to the cemetery Ville de Lillers France 2000

Exhibition on William Cotter V C by the Sandgate Society in the library 2016

Exhibition on William Cotter V C by the Sandgate Society in the library 2016

Flower Bed on the Leas Folkestone commemorating William Cotter and one hundred years of the VC 1956.

John Botting who lead the visit to Lillers France 2000 (on left)

Johnson Beharry (VC holder) with Standard bearers, Cubs, Scout and French Representatives after the ceremony 6th March 2016

Plaque of William Cotter V C on the side of the Ship Inn public house (Sandgate High St) c2010

Reg Turnhill with a wreath for William Cotter's grave from the Sandgate Society in Lillers Cemetery, July 2000

Sidney Cotter (aged 78) centre (Nephew) with other members of the family at William Cotter's grave July 2000

The Gurkha Piper 6th March 2016

Visit to William Cotter's grave at Lilliers July 2000

William Cotter's grave at Lilliers July 2000

William Cotter Memorial tablet in the Chichester Hall Sandgate (postcard l980's)

William Cotter paver installed behind the Sandgate War Memorial on 6th March 2016 by The VC Society

left to right, Buffs Major Robert Bliss, Lord de L'isle (Lord Lieutenant of Kent), Alex Cotter (Great nephew) and another relative 6th March 2016