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Private E H COTTON

Service Number: G/22238
Regiment & Unit/Ship

The Buffs (East Kent Regiment)

6th Bn.

Date of Death

Died 27 August 1918

Age 27 years old

Buried or commemorated at

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I. R. 12.

France

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  • Country of Service United Kingdom
  • Additional Info Son of Mr. and Mrs. Edward Cotton, of Balmoral Rd., Hitchin; husband of Emma Slater (formerly Cotton), of Gosmore, Hitchin, Herts.
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Somme France
Number of casualties: 888
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