History while in the forces
Apr 1916: in FranceJul 1916: left hand wounded in action. In hospital in England, on leave and light duty until recovery
Dec 1916: returned to France
Feb 1917: in hospital in France sick with trench fever
Jun 1917: back in Church of England hospital at Epsom after recovery from second wound in action in France
Jul 1917: at Eastbourne
Oct 1917: in Billets at Sunderland
- Surname
- Cottam
- Forename
- Robert Henry
- Service number
- 12340
- Rating or rank
- Private
- Regiment or Other Unit
- D Company 3rd Battalion York and Lancaster Regiment, [B Company 91st Training Reserve Battalion]
- Branch
- Doncaster
- Date of Birth
- 18 Jun 1896
- Date of birth
- 1896
- Date of Entering Bank's Service
- 01 Apr 1913
- Date of Joining HM Forces
- 14 Sep 1914
