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• Name HARRIS
• Initials LC
• First name LEONARD COTTON
• Place of birth Calstock
• Country Cornwall, England
• Last residence Tavistock, Devon
• Family Son of William and Lydia Harris, of 69, West St., Tavistock; Harris joined the Army without letting his parents know; their other son died in the 'flu epidemic in Nov 1918 in the USA.

Military service

• Place & date of enlistment Plymouth
• Service number 45630
• Rank Private
• Regiment and unit 15th Bn. Hampshire Regiment
• Division - Brigade 122nd Brigade
• Army - Corps - Division 41st Division
• National force B.E.F.

Death

• Type of wounds hit by a German shell and oblitorated while walking behind the lines
• Date of death 7 July 1918
• Died at the age of 19
• Grave reference Lijssenthoek Military Cemetery XXVIII - F - 19A

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