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Trooper WILLIAM GEORGE COTTON

Service Number: 5732873
Regiment & Unit/Ship

Royal Tank Regiment, R.A.C.

46th (The Liverpool Welsh)

Date of Death

Died 21 July 1943

Age 19 years old

Buried or commemorated at

CATANIA WAR CEMETERY, SICILY

I. C. 22.

Italy

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  • Country of Service United Kingdom
  • Additional Info Son of Harry Charles and Nellie Mary Cotton, of Small Heath, Birmingham.
  • Personal Inscription YEARS SHALL NOT DARKEN NOR SHADOWS DIM THE LOVING MEMORIES WE HAVE OF HIM

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Buried or commemorated at

CATANIA WAR CEMETERY, SICILY
Italy
Number of casualties: 2142
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