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Wars Last Goodbyes
Individual Record
Inscription
In
Ever loving memory of
William Cottrell
Bomber in 44th Canadians
Wounded in France Sep. 27. 1918
And passed away Jan. 9. 1919
After great suffering patiently borne
At Cambridge Hospital
Aged 33 years
Also wounded at Somme Oct. 13. 1916
"And God shall wipe away all tears
From their eyes"
Also
In loving memory of
His son Leslie
Killed in action in Italy
February 8 1944 Aged 35 years
"Oh Valiant Hearts"
Place of Inscription
St Mary Wedmore
Somerset
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William
Cottrell
21st April 1885
Bampton, Devon
9th January 1919
Died from leg GSW in 1st Eastern General Hospital, Cambridge
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St Mary's churchyard, Wedmore, Somerset
First World War
Bomber
44th Battalion Canadian Expeditionary Force
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