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Rifleman CHARLES GRIFFITH COTTON

Service Number: 48840
Regiment & Unit/Ship

Rifle Brigade

Date of Death

Died 25 July 1918

Age 29 years old

Buried or commemorated at

CONTAY BRITISH CEMETERY, CONTAY

IX. B. 4.

France

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  • Secondary Unit, Regiment posted to London Regiment (Post Office Rifles)
  • Country of Service United Kingdom
  • Additional Info Son of George and Mary Cotton, of Wrexham, Denbighshire.
  • Personal Inscription UNTIL THE DAY DAWNS
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Buried or commemorated at

CONTAY BRITISH CEMETERY, CONTAY
Somme France
Number of casualties: 1133
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