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William Martin Vernon Cotton

In memory of:

Second Lieutenant William Martin Vernon Cotton

December 21, 1916

Military Service


Service Number:

1246

Age:

19

Force:

Air Force

Unit:

Royal Flying Corps

Additional Information


Born:

June 6, 1897
Exeter, England

Enlistment:

November 10, 1914
Winnipeg, Manitoba

Son of Lt. Col. G. W. V. Cotton (75th Regt.) and Sarah Cotton, of Hove, Brighton, England. Second Lieutenant Cotton was discharged from the Canadian Expeditionary Force to accept a commission and join the Royal Flying Corps on 3 May 1916.

Commemorated on Page 570 of the First World War Book of Remembrance. Request a copy of this page. Download high resolution copy of this page.

Burial Information


Cemetery:

ARRAS FLYING SERVICES MEMORIAL
Pas de Calais, France

Grave Reference:

N/A

Location:

The Arras Flying Services Memorial is in the Faubourg-d'Amiens Cemetery, which is in the Boulevard du General de Gaulle in the western part of the town of Arras, near the Citadel, approximately 2 kilometres due west of the railway station.

Information courtesy of the Commonwealth War Graves Commission.

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