Orders, Decorations, Medals and Militaria

Five: Second Lieutenant K. T. Cotherill, Worcestershire Regiment, who subsequently served as Lance-Corporal with the Royal Sussex Regiment during the Second War

British War and Victory Medals (2. Lieut. K. T. Cotherill.); France and Germany Star; Defence and War Medals 1939-45, with named campaign medal card box of issue addressed to ‘Mr K. Cotherill, “Southfields”, Cambridge Rd, Walton Park, Clevedon, Somerset’, and enclosure, first two mounted as worn, nearly extremely fine (5) £80-£120

This lot was sold as part of a special collection, Medals from the Rob Campbell Collection relating to Clevedon, Somerset.

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Karl Theodore Cotherill was born in Hampton Wick, Middlesex, in June 1899. He was educated at Streatham Hill College and Dulwich College. Cotherill served as a Cadet with the O.T.C. at the latter college, and was recommended for a commission with the Machine Gun Corps (Heavy). He was commissioned Temporary Second Lieutenant in the 10th (Service) Battalion, Worcestershire Regiment, 31 July 1918.

Cotherill was discharged in February 1919, only to re-engage for service as a Lance-Corporal with the Royal Sussex Regiment during the Second War. In later life he resided in Clevedon.