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Lance Corporal EDWARD FRANCIS COTTON

Service Number: 4611258
Regiment & Unit/Ship

Duke of Wellington's (West Riding Regiment)

1st Bn.

Date of Death

Died 09 February 1944

Age 30 years old

Buried or commemorated at

NAPLES WAR CEMETERY

II. D. 16.

Italy

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  • Country of Service United Kingdom
  • Additional Info Son of John Francis and Susannah Cotton; husband of Margaret Cotton, of Bradford, Yorkshire.
  • Personal Inscription MANY A HEARTACHE, MANY A TEAR WISHING, DEAR HUSBAND YOU WERE HERE. LOVING WIFE AND DAUGHTER
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Buried or commemorated at

NAPLES WAR CEMETERY
Italy
Number of casualties: 1230
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