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Lieutenant ERNEST COTTRELL

Service Number: 257989
Regiment & Unit/Ship

Royal Tank Regiment, R.A.C.

44th

Date of Death

Died 23 April 1943

Age 34 years old

Buried or commemorated at

FAYID WAR CEMETERY

5. D. 2.

Egypt

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  • Country of Service United Kingdom
  • Additional Info Son of Ernest David and Ellen Cottrell; husband of Betty Cottrell, of Barry Island, Glamorgan.
  • Personal Inscription ERNEST, BELOVED HUSBAND OF BETTY AND DADDY OF DIANE. ALWAYS IN OUR THOUGHTS
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Buried or commemorated at

FAYID WAR CEMETERY
Egypt
Number of casualties: 1816
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