Gazette Information: VICTORIA CROSS,: http://www.london-gazette.co.uk/issues/29527/supplements/3410. Acting Corporal William Reginald Cotter, 6th Battalion, The East Kent Regiment (The Buffs). On 6th March 1916 near Hohenzollern Redoubt, France, Corporal Cotter's leg was blown off at the knee and he was also wounded in both arms. He nevertheless made his way unaided for 50 yards to a crater, steadied the men who were holding it, controlled their fire, issued orders and altered their dispositions to meet a fresh counter-attack. For two hours he held his position and only allowed his wounds to be roughly dressed when the attack had quietened down. He could not be moved back for 14 hours and during all this time he had a cheery word for everyone.
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Gazette Information: VICTORIA CROSS,: http://www.london-gazette.co.uk/issues/29527/supplements/3410. Acting Corporal William Reginald Cotter, 6th Battalion, The East Kent Regiment (The Buffs). On 6th March 1916 near Hohenzollern Redoubt, France, Corporal Cotter's leg was blown off at the knee and he was also wounded in both arms. He nevertheless made his way unaided for 50 yards to a crater, steadied the men who were holding it, controlled their fire, issued orders and altered their dispositions to meet a fresh counter-attack. For two hours he held his position and only allowed his wounds to be roughly dressed when the attack had quietened down. He could not be moved back for 14 hours and during all this time he had a cheery word for everyone.