Lance Serjeant EDWARD LEONARD COTTRELL
Service Number: NR/12
Regiment & Unit/Ship
Leicestershire Regiment
1st/4th Bn.
Date of Death
Died 02 September 1915
Age 28 years old
- Country of Service United Kingdom
- Additional Info Son of William and Sarah Cottrell, of Muxton House, Newport, Salop.
- Personal Inscription GREATER LOVE HATH NO MAN THAN THIS; THAT A MAN LAY DOWN HIS LIFE FOR HIS FRIENDS
- N.B. Recent research has shown that Lance Serjeant Cottrell is buried here. Please contact the Commission for further details. Please note that this casualty was previously commemorated on the Ypres (Menin Gate) Memorial.
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