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Thomas Cotton

In memory of:

Corporal Thomas Cotton

July 17, 1916
6th Field Ambulance

Military Service

Service Number:

57986

Age:

34

Force:

Army

Unit:

Canadian Infantry (Central Ontario Regiment)

Division:

20th Bn.

Citation(s):

1914-15 Star, British War Medal, Victory Medal

Additional Information

Born:

February 19, 1882
Penzance, England

Enlistment:

January 8, 1915
Toronto, Ontario

Son of Thomas and Mary Ann Cotton, of Toronto, Ontario.

Commemorated on Page 71 of the First World War Book of Remembrance. Request a copy of this page. Download high resolution copy of this page.

Burial Information

Cemetery:

DICKEBUSCH NEW MILITARY CEMETERY
Belgium

Grave Reference:

K. 32.

Location:

DICKEBUSCH NEW MILITARY CEMETERY is located 5 Km south west of Ieper town centre, in the village of Dikkebus itself. ( * Dikkebus is the modern spelling of Dickebusch). From Ieper town centre the Dikkebusseweg (N375), is reached via Elverdingsestraat, straight over a roundabout onto J. Capronstraat (for 30 metres), then left along M. Fochlaan. Immediately after the train station, the first right hand turning is the Dikkebusseweg. On reaching the village of Dikkebus, the DICKEBUSH NEW MILITARY CEMETERY is located on the Kerkstraat, which is a small street turning left off the Dikkebusseweg. 200 metres along this street, and just beyond the village church lies the cemetery. This cemetery lies opposite Dickebusch New Military Extension.

Information courtesy of the Commonwealth War Graves Commission.

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  • Memorial– Photo from the National Memorial Album of Canadian Heroes c.1919. Submitted for the project, Operation: Picture Me.

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    Memorial – Photo from the National Memorial Album of Canadian Heroes c.1919. Submitted for the project, Operation: Picture Me.
  • Photo of THOMAS COTTON– Photo from the National Memorial Album of Canadian Heroes c.1919. Submitted for the project, Operation: Picture Me.

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    Photo of THOMAS COTTON – Photo from the National Memorial Album of Canadian Heroes c.1919. Submitted for the project, Operation: Picture Me.
  • 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 367 of 900.

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    Circumstances of Death Registers
    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 367 of 900.
  • Newspaper clipping– From the Toronto Telegram July 1916. Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me

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    Newspaper clipping – From the Toronto Telegram July 1916. Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me
  • Newspaper clipping– From the Toronto Telegram August 1916. Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me

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    Newspaper clipping – From the Toronto Telegram August 1916. Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me
  • Newspaper Clipping– From the Toronto Star. Submitted for the project, Operation: Picture Me

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    Newspaper Clipping – From the Toronto Star. Submitted for the project, Operation: Picture Me
  • Cenotaph Cobalt Ontario– Cenotaph, Major Edward J Holland VC Memorial Park, Cobalt Ontario, Photo by Ken Riley

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    Cenotaph Cobalt Ontario – Cenotaph, Major Edward J Holland VC Memorial Park, Cobalt Ontario, Photo by Ken Riley
  • Inscription– WWI Fallen Cenotaph Inscription, Major Edward J Holland VC Memorial Park, Cobalt Ontario, Photo by Ken Riley

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    Inscription – WWI Fallen Cenotaph Inscription, Major Edward J Holland VC Memorial Park, Cobalt Ontario, Photo by Ken Riley
  • Dickebushe Cemetery's Entrance

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    Dickebushe Cemetery's Entrance
    Dickebushe Cemetery's Entrance
  • Cemetery– T Cotton and Canadian comrades, Dickenbusch New Military Cemetery, Belgium, Photo by Ken Riley

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    Cemetery
    Cemetery – T Cotton and Canadian comrades, Dickenbusch New Military Cemetery, Belgium, Photo by Ken Riley
  • Grave Marker

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    Grave Marker

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