Sir Richard Cotterell, 5th Baronet

Lt-Col Sir Richard Charles Geers Cotterell, 5th Baronet JP TD KStJ CBE (1 June 1907 – 5 December 1978), a British soldier.

Christopher Digby Leyland and she married Roland Norris Fawcett),[1] Cicely Violet Cotterell (wife of Capt.

William Adrian Vincent Bethell and Roden Powlett Graves Orde),[2][1] and Mildred Katharine Cotterell (wife of Lt.-Col. Sir Terence Falkiner, 8th Baronet).

[1] He fought in the Middle East and Italy during World War II, was mentioned in despatches and was awarded the Territorial Decoration.

He was commanding officer of the 76th (Shropshire Yeomanry) Medium Regiment, Royal Artillery between 1943 and 1945, achieving the rank of lieutenant colonel.

In his portrait, he is pictured "Half-length slightly to the left, full face to the viewer, wearing the ceremonial uniform of the Royal Horse Guards, holding his red-plumed helmet in his right hand".