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Military service
Service number:
113149
Age:
29
Rank:
Sergeant
Force:
Army
Unit/Regiment:
4th Canadian Mounted Rifles (2nd Central Ontario Regt.)
Enlistment:
Toronto, Ontario
Death:
October 24, 1917
Burial/memorial information
Grave reference:
Panel 30 and 32
Additional information
Son of William and Sophia Cottrell.
Additional citations
Mentioned in Despatches.
Digital gallery of Sergeant W E Douglas Cottrell
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Inscription
Inscription on the Menin Gate, photo courtesy of Marg Liessens. -
Circumstances of Death Registers
Source: Library and Archives Canada. CIRCUMSTANCES OF DEATH REGISTERS, FIRST WORLD WAR Surnames: CORBI TO COZNI. Microform Sequence 23; Volume Number 31829_B016732. Reference RG150, 1992-93/314, 167. Page 385 of 900.
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Sergeant W E Douglas Cottrell
Digital gallery of
Sergeant W E Douglas Cottrell
In the Books of Remembrance
Commemorated on:
Page 221 of the First World War Book of Remembrance.
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