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Corporal WILLIAM JOSEPH COTTERILL

Service Number: 43076
Regiment & Unit/Ship

Royal Irish Fusiliers

8th Bn.

Date of Death

Died 08 September 1916

Age 23 years old

Buried or commemorated at

ST. SEVER CEMETERY, ROUEN

B. 23. 37.

France

Commonwealth War Graves Commission - Headstone Placeholder
  • Country of Service United Kingdom
  • Additional Info Son of William T. and Sarah Cotterill, of 2, Railway Cottages, Sudbury, Derbyshire. Born at Marchington, Uttoxeter, Staffs.
  • Personal Inscription BE YE FAITHFUL UNTO DEATH AND I WILL GIVE YOU A CROWN OF LIFE
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Buried or commemorated at

ST. SEVER CEMETERY, ROUEN
Seine-Maritime France
Number of casualties: 3083
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