Cottingham, Herbert

H. COTTINGHAM

Herbert Cottingham 

281990 Private, 606 Mechanical Transport Company, Army Service Corps

Born 3rd March 1889 in Scotter

Son of William Fisher (a miller from Faldingworth near Market Rasen) and Mary (nee Parks of Lumley, Nottinghamshire) 

Family lived on South Street 

Became a 'gardener and threshing machine attendant'

Enlisted in February 1916 at Gainsborough 

Described as Church of England, 5 feet 7 inches tall, weighing 126 pounds

Married Lily Emma Neal of 21 Green Hill Road, Grantham on 10th July 1916 

Posted to Grove Park on 4th January 1917

Joined the 606 M.T. Company at Holland Park on 21st February 1917

In the Army became a steam driver

Demobilised on 28th January 1919 when address was 59 Park Parade, Barton-on-Humber

Daughter Barbara married Frank Brumby in 1938 in the Glanford Brigg registration district

Died in 1969 aged 80 in the Welton registration district

Mother buried in the churchyard, father in the cemetery

Brother of Edmund