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Company Serjeant Major CHARLES WILLIAM COTTON

Service Number: 13667
Regiment & Unit/Ship

The Loyal North Lancashire Regiment

7th Bn.

Date of Death

Died 08 June 1917

Age 32 years old

Buried or commemorated at

LIJSSENTHOEK MILITARY CEMETERY

XV. I. 14A.

Belgium

Commonwealth War Graves Commission - Headstone Placeholder
  • Country of Service United Kingdom
  • Additional Info Italian Bronze Medal. Son of John and Sarah Cotton, of Bolton; husband of Edith Cotton, of 19, Mortfield Lane, Bolton, Lancs. Joined up Aug., 1914.
  • Personal Inscription SUPREME SACRIFICE FROM WIFE & OUR DARLING PHYLLIS & RELATIVES AT BOLTON
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Buried or commemorated at

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