purdeydog1959

hello ive just come across your article as ive also been trying to research my great grandfather walter coton so im guessing we may be related but the info I have from his hunting editorial is that his first win was at the age of 21 when he won a bullock in stratford on avon in 1883 making him born in 1862 and he won the grand international cup in brighton august 2nd 1896, my grandmother was born Florence Nellie Coton and married bill Thornton, had 3 children William (bill) a daughter (my aunt) and godfrey (my dad) I do recall grandmother saying that he made cartridges for the king so perha