Lance Sergeant Frank Charles Cotton
| Service | Army | Service No. | 10043 |
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| Rank | Lance Sergeant | |||
| Regiment: | Devonshire Regiment, 8th Battalion (Service) | |||
| Date of Birth: | 1889 | Date of Death: | 25/09/1915 | |
| Memorial: | Dawlish | Memorial Inscription | COTTON F.C. SERGT. DEVON REGT. | |
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Service History |
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He was at first reported 'missing' but was eventually added to those who were killed in Action at the Battle of Loos. He was one of a number of Dawlish men in the Devonshire Regiment, 8th (Service) Battalion who died in this action. |
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Association with Dawlish |
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Frank Charles Cotton was the second youngest child of Arthur Constant Cotton (1848-1922 ) and Susan Wollacott (1849-1926). They had eleven children, of which nine were still alive at the 1911 census. Arthur was one of the most notable fishermen in Dawlish and in 1901 the family lived at the rear of Brookdale Terrace. By 1911, only the father and Frank Charles were recorded at Brookdale Cottage and both were fishermen. The mother, Susan, was working as a Sick Nurse to a family at 13 Strand, South View House, Dawlish. Frank Charles Cotton married Polly Jane Heyward in Sampford Peverelll on December 26, 1914. |
| Devon Roll of Honour | Cotton, Frank Charles, Sergt, Devon Regt, 25th Sep 1915, France |
| Additional Information |
Commonwealth War Graves Site |
| Next of Kin: | Polly Jane Cotton, widow |
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| Last Known Address: | Brookdale Cottage, Dawlish |
 Frank Charles Cotton |
 Dud Corner Cemetery near Loos |
 Loos Centenary - Wreath from Devonshire Regt |
 Cap badge -The Devonshire Regiment |
Free Birth Marriage Death records
Extracts from Dawlish Gazette from collection in Dawlish Museum
Headstone of A C Cotton in Dawlish cemetery
Refs via subscription sites:
Forces War Records
Census returns
Heyward Family Tree(Ancestry.co.uk)
Images: taken from the National Newspaper Archive, item of Devon & Exeter Gazette, with photo of Corporal Frank Cotton.