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Sapper LESLIE COTTON

Service Number: 14802766
Regiment & Unit/Ship

Royal Engineers

24 Bomb Disposal Coy.

Date of Death

Died 30 April 1945

Age 19 years old

Buried or commemorated at

ALMELO GENERAL CEMETERY

Grave 12.

Netherlands

Commonwealth War Graves Commission - Headstone Placeholder
  • Country of Service United Kingdom
  • Additional Info Son of Arthur and Mary Jane Cotton, of Shelfield, Staffordshire.
  • Personal Inscription MAY THE SUNSHINE HE MISSED ON LIFE'S JOURNEY BE GAINED IN THE HAVEN OF REST
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Buried or commemorated at

ALMELO GENERAL CEMETERY
Overijssel Netherlands
Number of casualties: 19
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