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Private ALBERT EDWARD COTTON

Service Number: 15321
Regiment & Unit/Ship

The Queen's (Royal West Surrey Regiment)

8th Bn.

Date of Death

Died 16 May 1917

Age 24 years old

Buried or commemorated at

RAILWAY DUGOUTS BURIAL GROUND (TRANSPORT FARM)

IV. E. 28.

Belgium

Commonwealth War Graves Commission - Headstone Placeholder
  • Country of Service United Kingdom
  • Additional Info Son of Mrs. Ellen Eliza Cotton, of Woodbridge, Suffolk.
  • Personal Inscription SLEEP ON DEAR ONE TILL THE GLORIOUS DAWN
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Buried or commemorated at

RAILWAY DUGOUTS BURIAL GROUND (TRANSPORT FARM)
West-Vlaanderen Belgium
Number of casualties: 2463
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