Detail victim

Name COTTON
Initials CP
First name CHARLES PENNER
Place of birth Kingston
Country Ottawa, Canada
Family Order of St. George, IVth Class (Russia). Son of Jessie and Maj. Gen. William Henry Cotton, of Pinehurst, Almonte, Ontario. His brother Ross Penner is also buried at Lijssenthoek. Another brother, Henry, died as a soldier in the South African war (1900); a sister, Dorothy, served as a nurse during WW1;
Education Ottawa Model School, C.I. Ashbury College; applied science 1909-1914
Profession Student

Place & date of enlistment 26 September 1914, Valcartier
Rank Lieutenant
Regiment and unit 2nd Brigade Canadian Field Artillery 5th Battery
Army - Corps - Division 1st Canadian Division
National force C.E.F.
Other data related to military career Enlisted in the 5th Battery, 2nd Brigade, C.F.A; reached France 1915; in June he obtained his commission in the 8th Battery

Wounded Sanctuary Wood; he was in command of two guns, brought up in a position near the front line to be used in case of emergency; they were discovered and fire was opened upon them; was reported missing; his body was found back 25 June and first buried in Maple Copse (according to the war diary)
Type of wounds Killed in action
Date of death 2 June 1916
Died at the age of 25
Grave reference Lijssenthoek Military Cemetery IX - A - 7