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Rifleman W COTTON

Service Number: R/8991
Regiment & Unit/Ship

King's Royal Rifle Corps

12th Bn.

Date of Death

Died 27 October 1918

Age 27 years old

Buried or commemorated at

COLOGNE SOUTHERN CEMETERY

IX. G. 16.

Germany

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  • Country of Service United Kingdom
  • Additional Info Son of Mr. and Mrs. Cotton, of Bolton; husband of Ellen Annie Cotton, of 325, Hulton Lane, Bolton.
  • Personal Inscription LIFE'S WORK WELL DONE
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Buried or commemorated at

COLOGNE SOUTHERN CEMETERY
Nordrhein-Westfalen Germany
Number of casualties: 3324
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