# Corporal Cotter — Now It Can Be Told character guide

> Corporal Cotter in Now It Can Be Told by Philip Gibbs.

**Role:** minor

**Also known as:** Cotter

**First appearance:** 0003-i

## Who they are

A British corporal serving in the war.

## In the story

### [IX](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/now_it_can_be_told_se/chapters/ix)

A lance-corporal who commands a party defending the stables above the Menin road, repeatedly sending messages requesting more bombs rather than relief.

### [II](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/now_it_can_be_told_se/chapters/ii)

An English corporal is mentioned trying to keep his bombs dry under a tarpaulin during a conversation with a German soldier.

### [IV](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/now_it_can_be_told_se/chapters/iv)

A man of Kent from the Buffs, who lost a leg and was wounded in both arms but continued to lead and encourage his comrades during a German counterattack, earning the V.C. before dying of his wounds.

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