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Second Lieutenant JOHN PRINCE COTTRELL

Regiment & Unit/Ship

Queen's Own (Royal West Kent Regiment)

1st Bn.

Date of Death

Died 24 August 1918

Age 22 years old

Buried or commemorated at

BAGNEUX BRITISH CEMETERY, GEZAINCOURT

V. A. 37.

France

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  • Secondary Unit, Regiment attd. 7th Bn. Royal Fusiliers
  • Country of Service United Kingdom
  • Additional Info Son of Benjamin and Alice Cottrell, of "Glendale," Church Rd., Lyminge, Kent. Native of Folkestone.
  • Personal Inscription GRANT LORD WHEN I FROM DEATH SHALL WAKE I MAY OF ENDLESS LIFE PARTAKE
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Buried or commemorated at

BAGNEUX BRITISH CEMETERY, GEZAINCOURT
Somme France
Number of casualties: 1374
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