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Private LEONARD COTTAM

Service Number: 6198
Regiment & Unit/Ship

East Lancashire Regiment

1st/5th Bn.

Date of Death

Died 19 June 1918

Age 21 years old

Buried or commemorated at

EUSTON ROAD CEMETERY, COLINCAMPS

V. E. 7.

France

Commonwealth War Graves Commission - Headstone Placeholder
  • Country of Service United Kingdom
  • Additional Info Son of Mr. and Mrs. Cottam, of 49, Job St., Burnley.
  • Personal Inscription SLEEP ON DEAR SON AND TAKE THY REST FOR GOD TAKES THOSE HE LOVES THE BEST
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Buried or commemorated at

EUSTON ROAD CEMETERY, COLINCAMPS
Somme France
Number of casualties: 1293
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