Midshipman Reginald Alexander Cotter
The name Reginald Alexander Cotter is the first name on the monument.
The monument is in Lynes Naval military cemetery, Hoy, Orkney, Scotland.
There are 88 other graves within this cemetery that are listed within the GPR database.
Reginald Alexander Cotter was buried in 1917.The actual date of death is given on the grave monument as 01.03.1917.
Reginald Alexander Cotter age is given as 20.
Reginald Alexander Cotter calculated year of birth is 1897.
Reginald Alexander Cotter is listed on the GPR grave numbered 423940.
Reginald Alexander Cotter is listed as the first name on monument on the grave monument.
Reginald Alexander Cotter has the record number 906229 within the GPR person name database table.
The record was added to the GPR on 16 October 2014
There is one image available for the monument listing Reginald Alexander Cotter (see grave detail page).
The follow note is stored against Reginald Alexander Cotter record:
Drowned in loss of H.M.S. Pheasant. Eldest son. Born at Liverpool. The destroyer struck a mine off Rora Head on 1st March 1917. All crew were lost and only R A Cotter's body was recovered. The mine was laid by the German submarine U80 on 21st January 1917. The wreck has been located during an archaeological maritime survey in August 2017 using multi-beam sonar. The wreck is protected as a designated vessel under the Protection of Military Remains Act 1986.