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Lance Serjeant EDWARD LEONARD COTTRELL

Service Number: NR/12
Regiment & Unit/Ship

Leicestershire Regiment

1st/4th Bn.

Date of Death

Died 02 September 1915

Age 28 years old

Buried or commemorated at

YPRES RESERVOIR CEMETERY

VII. A. 3

Belgium

Commonwealth War Graves Commission - Headstone Placeholder
  • Country of Service United Kingdom
  • Additional Info Son of William and Sarah Cottrell, of Muxton House, Newport, Salop.
  • Personal Inscription GREATER LOVE HATH NO MAN THAN THIS; THAT A MAN LAY DOWN HIS LIFE FOR HIS FRIENDS
  • N.B. Recent research has shown that Lance Serjeant Cottrell is buried here. Please contact the Commission for further details. Please note that this casualty was previously commemorated on the Ypres (Menin Gate) Memorial.
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