Name
William Coot (poss. Coote)
Conflict
First World War
Date of Death / Age
24/04/1918
38
Rank, Service Number & Service Details
Private
46870
Northamptonshire Regiment
7th Bn.
Awards: Service Medals/Honour Awards
British War and Victory medals
Cemetery/Memorial: Name/Reference/Country
PERNES BRITISH CEMETERY
I D 22
France
Headstone Inscription
No Report
UK & Other Memorials
Flamstead Village Memorial, St Mary the Virgin Church Roll of Honour, Flamstead, St Leonard's Church Roll of Honour, Flamstead, Not on the Markyate memorials
Pre War
William Coot was born in 1880 in Markyate (baptised 17 Mat 1892) to William Henry Coot, farm Labourer, and Susan (nee Bond).
On the 1891 Census the family of parents, William, James (born 1883) and Charles (born 188) were living in Flamstead.
On the 1901 Census the family of parents, William & James, both labourers on Threshing Machine, Charles and Caroline E (born 1892) were living at Pye Corner, Flamstead.
On the 1911 Census the family of parents, William, a farm labourer, Charles and (Caroline) Emily were living at Pye Corner, Flamstead.
Wartime Service
No Service Record was found for William. Other records shown that William was enlisted as in the Bedfordshire Regiment as Private 29359 and at some time he was transferred to 8th (Service) Battalion of the Northamptonshire Regimen as Private 46870. William may have been with the 8th Battalion during the Battles of 1918 against the German Spring Offensive:- Actions of the Somme Crossings (24-25 Mar), Rosiers (26- 27 Mar), and Avre (4 Apr). William may have been wounded in this last action, he died from his wounds on 24 Apr 1918 at 4 General Hospital, St Omer.
Military records use the family name as Coote whereas civilian records use Coot.
Additional Information
War Gratuity of £9 and arrears of £10 0s 10d was paid to his father.
Acknowledgments
Neil Cooper
Simon Goodwin, Gareth Hughes
