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Private JOHN STANLEY COTTON

Service Number: 5769414
Regiment & Unit/Ship

Royal Norfolk Regiment

2nd Bn.

Date of Death

Died Between 27 May 1940 and 29 May 1940

Age 31 years old

Buried or commemorated at

DUNKIRK TOWN CEMETERY

Plot 2 Row 5 Grave 41.

France

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  • Country of Service United Kingdom
  • Additional Info Son of Robert Major Cotton and Ellen Faith Cotton, of Ashby st. Mary, Norfolk.
  • Personal Inscription FOR KING AND COUNTRY
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Buried or commemorated at

DUNKIRK TOWN CEMETERY
Nord France
Number of casualties: 1269
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