Cottam Sydney Gunner 4130556
Personnel Entry
Name Cottam Sydney
Army number 4130556
Rank Private/Gunner
Decorations None known beyond Service Awards
Date of birth Not yet ascertained.
Age (At time of death). Not yet known.
Unit Enlisted in the Cheshire Regiment 11/3/1940 and underwent Basic Training. Transferred to the Manchester Regiment - date not yet known. Posted to the 2/9th Battalion. Transferred to the Royal Artillery 1/11/1941 and posted to the 88th Anti-Tank Regiment. Served Normandy? Posted to the 88th Training Regiment 7/6/1945. Unit Class B Release. Relegated to the W (T) Reserve 31/1/1946. Demobilised. Documents to the N.E. Library.
Company/Battery Not yet known.
Platoon or other sub-unit Not yet known.
Task or role Details awaited.
Joined Brigade Not yet known.
Promotions None known.
Wounded Not so far as is known.
Prisoner of War Not so far as is known.
Died/Killed in action Date of death not yet ascertained.
Home address No family information yet.
Source table
Information on this Page has been extracted from the Royal Artillery Tracer Card found for this soldier on Ancestry.co.uk
