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Aircraftman 1St Class DAVID NICOLSON COTTON

Service Number: 1551054
Regiment & Unit/Ship

Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve

Date of Death

Died 09 March 1943

Age 20 years old

Buried or commemorated at

TRIPOLI WAR CEMETERY

8. C. 6.

Libya

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  • Country of Service United Kingdom
  • Additional Info Son of George Morton Cotton and Janie Barclay Miller Cotton, of Edinburgh.
  • Personal Inscription ONLY SON OF GEORGE AND JANIE COTTON, EDINBURGH, SCOTLAND. HE SERVES FOR EVER
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Buried or commemorated at

TRIPOLI WAR CEMETERY
Libya
Number of casualties: 1393
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