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Able Seaman ERNEST COTTOM

Service Number: R/5185
Regiment & Unit/Ship

Royal Naval Volunteer Reserve

Hawke Bn. R.N. Div.

Date of Death

Died 08 August 1918

Age 28 years old

Buried or commemorated at

POZNAN OLD GARRISON CEMETERY

II. A. 8.

Poland

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  • Country of Service United Kingdom
  • Additional Info Son of Thomas and Margaret Cottom, of 15, York Rd., Ashton-in-Makerfield; husband of Margaret Cottom, of 33, Crackley St., Goose Green, Wigan.
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Buried or commemorated at

POZNAN OLD GARRISON CEMETERY
Poland
Number of casualties: 473
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