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Warrant Officer Class Ii ALDEN PRESTON COTTAM

Service Number: R/93558
Regiment & Unit/Ship

Royal Canadian Air Force

617 (R.A.F.) Sqdn

Date of Death

Died 17 May 1943

Age 30 years old

Buried or commemorated at

REICHSWALD FOREST WAR CEMETERY

5. C. 1.

Germany

Commonwealth War Graves Commission - Headstone Placeholder
  • Country of Service Canadian
  • Additional Info Son of Edwin A. and Margaret A. Cottam, of Jasper Park, Alberta, Canada.
  • Personal Inscription HE GAVE HIS LIFE THAT WE MIGHT LIVE. EVER IN OUR THOUGHTS. MUM, DAD AND SISTERS
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Buried or commemorated at

REICHSWALD FOREST WAR CEMETERY
Nordrhein-Westfalen Germany
Number of casualties: 7671
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