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Ross Penner Cotton

In memory of:

Captain Ross Penner Cotton

June 13, 1916

Military Service


Age:

22

Force:

Army

Unit:

Canadian Field Artillery

Division:

2nd Brigade

Citation(s):

1914-15 Star, British War Medal, Victory Medal.

Additional Information


Born:

November 23, 1893
Kingston, Ontario

Enlistment:

September 23, 1914
Valcartier, Quebec

Son of Jessie (nee Penner) and the late Major General William Henry Cotton of Pinehurst, Almonte, Ontario.

Brother of Private Henry (Harry) Cotton, who died while serving with the Royal Canadian Regiment, Lieutenant Charles Penner Cotton, who died while serving with the Canadian Field Artillery.

Brother of Mary Eleanor, Elsie, and Dorothy who was a nursing sister in England, France and Russia during the First World War.

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:
Grave Reference:

VI. A. 27.

Location:

Lijssenthoek Military Cemetery is located about 12 kilometres west of Ieper town centre, on the Boescheepseweg, a road leading from the N308 connecting Ieper to Poperinge. From Ieper town centre, the Poperingseweg (N308) is reached via Elverdingsestraat, then over two small roundabouts in the J. Capronstraat. The Poperingseweg is a continuation of the J. Capronstraat and begins after a prominent railway level crossing. On reaching Poperinge, the N308 joins the left hand turning onto the R33, Poperinge ring road. The R33 ring continues to the left hand junction with the N38 Frans-Vlaanderenweg. 800 metres along the N38 lies the left hand turning onto Lenestraat. The next immediate right hand turning leads onto Boescheepseweg. The cemetery itself is located 2 kilometres along Boescheepseweg on the right hand side of the road. From Calais, take the motorway A16 signposted Dunkerque/Lille. At Dunkerque take the motorway signposted Lille/Ypres, the A25. Leave the motorway at Junction 13, the village of Steenvoorde. Follow the D948/N38 signposted Ieper/Poperinge. After approximately 8-10 kilometres Lijssenthoek Military Cemetery will be signposted off to the right.

Information courtesy of the Commonwealth War Graves Commission.

Digital Collection

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  • Newspaper Clipping– From the Daily Colonist of February 19, 1916. Image taken from web address of https://archive.org/stream/dailycolonist58y60uvic#mode/1up
  • Memorial– Remembering brothers lost … Brothers In Arms Memorial, Zonnebeke, BE … photo courtesy of Marg Liessens … May 2022
  • Newspaper clipping– From the Vancouver Daily Journal July 1915. Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me
  • Photo of Ross Penner Cotton– From the Lijssenthoek Military Cemetery section of a Web site at:
http://www.silentcities.co.uk
  • Grave Marker– Grave Marker
Photo courtesy of Wilf Schofield, England
  • Entrance
  • Cemetery
  • Roll of honour– Lisgar Collegiate honour roll

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