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Sapper LEONARD ELVIS COTTON

Service Number: 43033
Regiment & Unit/Ship

Royal Engineers

75th Field Coy.

Date of Death

Died 12 September 1918

Age 29 years old

Buried or commemorated at

ST. SEVER CEMETERY EXTENSION, ROUEN

R. II. E. 3.

France

Commonwealth War Graves Commission - Headstone Placeholder
  • Country of Service United Kingdom
  • Awards Military Medal
  • Additional Info Son of Robert Henry Charles and Mary Jane Cotton, of Birmingham; husband of Ada Sarah Cotton, of 3, Oxford Place, Clark St., Ladywood, Birmingham.
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Buried or commemorated at

ST. SEVER CEMETERY EXTENSION, ROUEN
Seine-Maritime France
Number of casualties: 8685
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