Potter, Colin Kynaston –

Son of Mr. E. P. Potter, J.P. Of Little Lever Chemical Works. Of Fernclough, Heaton, Bolton, Lancashire. Formerly Major, Loyal North Lancashire Regiment. Promoted to command 1st/7th Bn., King’s Liverpool Regiment from 25/08/1916 to 04/03/1917. Wounded.

Personal details

  • Surname: Potter
  • Forename: Colin Kynaston
  • Date of birth: Not known
  • Birth place: Not known
  • Place of residence: Bolton, Lancashire
  • Gender: Male
  • Age of death: Not known
  • Place of death: Not known
  • Date of death: Not known
  • Casualty type: Not known

Service details

  • Rank: Lieutenant Colonel
  • Unit: 5th (Territorial) Battalion.
  • Service number: Not known
  • Regiment: Loyal North Lancashire Regiment
  • Enlistment date: Not known
  • Enlistment location: Not known
  • Conflict: WW1

Decorations

  • Service medals: Not known
  • Silver War badge: Not known
  • Awards: M.C.; M.i.D.; D.S.O. & Bar

Memorials

  • CWGC Memorial: Not known
  • CWGC reference: Not known

Local newspaper entries

  • Bolton Journal and Guardian entries: 30/07/1915 20/08/1915 27/08/1915 07/01/1916 21/01/1916 14/04/1916 06/10/1916 05/01/1917 14/09/1917 18/01/1918 27/09/1918
  • Bolton Journal and Guardian references: 5f 6f 6d* 6g 6c 6g 6a 6e 6g 6d 6e
  • Bolton Chronicle: 15/06/1917 03/08/1917 14/09/1917
  • Farnworth and Worsley Journal entries: 03/09/1915 10/12/1915 06/10/1916 05/01/1917 19/10/1917 05/07/1918

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