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13 January 2021

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№ 389

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13 January 2021

Hammer Price:
£360

Pair: Captain W. B. Cotton, Indian Army, who was a big game hunter, published author, and Fellow of the Royal Geographical Society. He served as an Air Raid Warden for Regent’s Park during the Second War, and died 24 October 1944

British War and Victory Medals (Capt. W. B. Cotton.) VM additionally officially impressed ‘S. W. Militia.’, very fine (2) £80-£120

William Bensley Cotton was the son of Major J. W. M. Cotton, and was born in West Bengal, India in February 1872. He was employed as a Barrister by the Indian Civil Service, and was also a big game hunter. Cotton carried out a hunting expedition in 1910-1911, which he wrote about and had published as Sport In Eastern Sudan: From Souakin to the Blue Nile.

Cotton served during the Great War with the Indian Army, including with the 16th and 33rd Cavalry, the Khyber Rifles and latterly with the South Waziristan Militia. He was appointed a Fellow of the Royal Geographical Society in 1922, and a selection of his papers are held by the Society. During the Second War Cotton resided at 2 Chester Terrace, Regent’s Park, London and was employed as an Air Raid Warden for the area. He died 24 October 1944, and is buried at St. Pancras, Metropolitan Borough Cemetery.