Basic Details Surname Cotton Forenames Robert Hugh Alban Gender Male Information stated on memorial War First World War (1914-1918) Served or died Died Notes Educated at St. John's College, Cambridge (B.A.). Primary Service As stated on memorial Service (Primary - Stated) Army (British) Unit (Primary - Stated) R A S C Rank / Title (Primary - Stated) Lieutenant Our References Service (Primary - Our reference) British Army Unit (Primary - Our reference) Royal Army Service Corps Rank / Title (Primary - Our reference) Lieutenant Death and Burial details Country of death Italy Town of death 79th Military General Hospital, Taranto Country of burial Italy Cemetery Taranto Cemetery Extension Year of death 1918 Month of death October Day of death 12 Age at death 29 Manner of death as stated Died of Disease Manner of death reference Died of Disease Personal Details Birthplace Ramsgate Occupation A Clerk In Holy Orders And Assistant Priest At Holy Innocents Church, Hammersmith, London. Relationships Younger son of Charles Cotton, O.B.E., F.R.C.P. (Eng.), M.R.C.S., and Adelaide his wife, of Canterbury, Kent