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Name, Rank & Service No. Unit, Regiment, Country of Service Date of Death Commemorated at
ANGOLA ATENGO
Private
Service Number: N/7939
East African Engineers
United Kingdom
Died 31 December 1942
COLOMBO (KANATTE) GENERAL CEMETERY
Plot B. Row E. Grave 4.
Sri Lanka
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RICHARD St. CHAD ARKWRIGHT
Captain
H.M.S. Cornwall.
Royal Marines
United Kingdom
Died 07 October 1939
30 years old
COLOMBO (KANATTE) GENERAL CEMETERY
Plot 6B. Row M. Grave 10.
Sri Lanka
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JOHN HENRY CECIL BASSETT
Major
Service Number: 69039
Royal Artillery
United Kingdom
Died 24 April 1943
26 years old
COLOMBO (KANATTE) GENERAL CEMETERY
Plot 6C. Row F. Grave 17.
Sri Lanka
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HENRY ALBERT BIRKETT
Private
Service Number: 6470838
1st Bn.
Northamptonshire Regiment
United Kingdom
Died 28 November 1942
26 years old
COLOMBO (KANATTE) GENERAL CEMETERY
Plot 6C. Row D. Grave 13.
Sri Lanka
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DAVID ALEC BOLTON
Leading Airman
Service Number: FX79396
H.M.S. Lanka.
Royal Navy
United Kingdom
Died 05 April 1942
22 years old
COLOMBO (KANATTE) GENERAL CEMETERY
Plot 6B. Row P. Grave 12A.
Sri Lanka
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JAMES SYDNEY COTTINGHAM
Serjeant
Service Number: 7648875
Royal Army Ordnance Corps
United Kingdom
Died 12 May 1943
27 years old
COLOMBO (KANATTE) GENERAL CEMETERY
Plot 6C. Row G. Grave 16.
Sri Lanka
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ROBERT CUSS
Able Seaman
Service Number: D/JX 217023
H.M.S. Tenedos.
Royal Navy
United Kingdom
Died 05 April 1942
21 years old
COLOMBO (KANATTE) GENERAL CEMETERY
Sp. Mem. Plot 6B. Row N. Joint grave 3.
Sri Lanka
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K A DAVID
Private
Service Number: CEY/4820
1 Ceylon Aux. Pioneer Bn.
Ceylon Pioneers
United Kingdom
Died 12 April 1943
COLOMBO (KANATTE) GENERAL CEMETERY
Plot 6C. Row E. Grave 23.
Sri Lanka
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TOM DEMPSTER
Aircraftman 1st Class
Service Number: 1116057
990 Balloon Sqdn
Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve
United Kingdom
Died 06 June 1942
34 years old
COLOMBO (KANATTE) GENERAL CEMETERY
Plot 6B. Row I. Grave 18.
Sri Lanka
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NORLEY GEORGE DODDS
Lieutenant Colonel
Service Number: QX6060
A.I.F. M.E.
Australian Headquarters
Australian
Died 01 March 1942
31 years old
COLOMBO (KANATTE) GENERAL CEMETERY
Plot 6B. Row N. Grave 16A.
Sri Lanka
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