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Private ERNEST COTTAM

Service Number: 16727
Regiment & Unit/Ship

East Lancashire Regiment

6th Bn.

Date of Death

Died 16 November 1915

Age 32 years old

Buried or commemorated at

CAIRO WAR MEMORIAL CEMETERY

D. 195.

Egypt

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  • Country of Service United Kingdom
  • Additional Info Husband of Clara Cottam, of 105, Greenwood St., Oldham.
  • Personal Inscription GONE FROM OUR HOME BUT NEVER FROM OUR HEARTS
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Buried or commemorated at

CAIRO WAR MEMORIAL CEMETERY
Egypt
Number of casualties: 2411
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