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