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255191 Pte. Samuel Braycotton British Army 8th Btn. B Coy. South Staffordshire Regiment from:Birchills, Walsall (d.5th Jun 1918) Samuel Braycotton was the 4th child of 7 born to Samuel Bray Cotton and Harriet Parker. He married Gertrude Sadler on 2nd of May 1905 at the Register Office in Walsall. They had 6 children, 4 boys and 2 girls. Samuel enlisted on 2nd of September 1914 when he was 28 years old. He was only in France for 68 days, believed to be in the Ypres area when he was admitted to hospital on 2nd of March 1916 from the No. 15 Casualty Clearing Station with bronchitis and discharged from the 9th Training Reserve on 7th of January 1918 because of class P sickness (chronic bronchitis). The family believed he was gassed while serving in France and he was later a patient in one of the 8 Exeter hospitals used during the war. He died from cancer or TB of the lungs. His wife received a pension of 27/6 per week and the children received a total of 17/6. Gertrude married again in 1919. (Needs must). Please type your message:      We recommend you copy the text about this item and keep a copy on your own computer before pressing submit. Your Name:             Email Address:       @ **Please put first part of your email, (before the @ sign) in the first box, and the second part in the second box. Do not include @, it is automatic. Do not enter your full email in each box or add an @ sign or random spaces.**