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Private WILLIAM THOMAS COTTON

Service Number: 6471003
Regiment & Unit/Ship

Royal Sussex Regiment

2nd Bn.

Date of Death

Died 13 August 1943

Age 28 years old

Buried or commemorated at

TEHRAN WAR CEMETERY

6. C. 9.

Iran

Commonwealth War Graves Commission - Headstone Placeholder
  • Country of Service United Kingdom
  • Additional Info Son of Samuel and Helen Sophia Cotton, of Bethnal Green, London, England.
  • Personal Inscription YOUR LOVING MEMORY WILL ALWAYS BE IN OUR THOUGHTS

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Buried or commemorated at

TEHRAN WAR CEMETERY
Iran
Number of casualties: 603
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