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Captain ROSS PENNER COTTON

Regiment & Unit/Ship

Canadian Infantry

19th Bn.

Date of Death

Died 13 June 1916

Age 23 years old

Buried or commemorated at

LIJSSENTHOEK MILITARY CEMETERY

VI. A. 27.

Belgium

Commonwealth War Graves Commission - Headstone Placeholder
  • Secondary Unit, Regiment attd. 3rd Inf. Bde. H.Q.
  • Country of Service Canadian
  • Additional Info Son of Jessie and the late Maj. Gen. W. H. Cotton, of Pinehurst, Almonte, Ontario.
  • Personal Inscription "IN THE BEAUTY & THE STRENGTH OF EARLY MANHOOD
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Buried or commemorated at

LIJSSENTHOEK MILITARY CEMETERY
West-Vlaanderen Belgium
Number of casualties: 10786
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