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Guardsman LEONARD COTTRELL

Service Number: 2618164
Regiment & Unit/Ship

Grenadier Guards

6th Bn.

Date of Death

Died 23 September 1943

Age 27 years old

Buried or commemorated at

SALERNO WAR CEMETERY

I. B. 13.

Italy

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  • Country of Service United Kingdom
  • Additional Info Son of James and Mary Elizabeth Cottrell; husband of Ada Cottrell, of Whaley Bridge, Cheshire.
  • Personal Inscription IN PROUD AND LOVING MEMORY OF MY DEAR HUSBAND LEONARD. NO ONE IN THE WORLD CAN TAKE HIS PLACE
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Buried or commemorated at

SALERNO WAR CEMETERY
Italy
Number of casualties: 1855
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