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Name, Rank & Service No. Unit, Regiment, Country of Service Date of Death Commemorated at
JAMES BUCHANAN
Able Seaman
Service Number: D/JX169419
H.M.S. Tenedos.
Royal Navy
United Kingdom
Died 05 April 1942
22 years old
COLOMBO (KANATTE) GENERAL CEMETERY
Sp. Mem. Plot 6B. Row N. Joint grave 2.
Sri Lanka
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JOHN CAMPBELL
Seaman
Service Number: D/X20154A
H.M.S. Hector
Royal Naval Reserve
United Kingdom
Died 05 April 1942
21 years old
COLOMBO (KANATTE) GENERAL CEMETERY
Plot 6B. Row N. Grave 6.
Sri Lanka
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LESLIE CAPLAN
Signalman
Service Number: 2332685
Royal Corps of Signals
United Kingdom
Died 13 June 1942
23 years old
COLOMBO (KANATTE) GENERAL CEMETERY
Plot 6C. Row C. Grave 4.
Sri Lanka
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OWEN CAREY
Gunner
Service Number: I/26673
1/4 Field Regt.
Royal Artillery
United Kingdom
Died 15 September 1942
38 years old
COLOMBO (KANATTE) GENERAL CEMETERY
Plot 6C. Row C. Grave 6.
Sri Lanka
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NORMAN CHATTERTON
Ordinary Seaman
Service Number: C/JX260725
H.M.S. Tenedos.
Royal Navy
United Kingdom
Died 05 April 1942
COLOMBO (KANATTE) GENERAL CEMETERY
Sp. Mem. Plot 6B. Row N. Joint grave 2.
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 CUMMINGS
Signalman
Service Number: 7343711
Royal Corps of Signals
United Kingdom
Died 19 December 1942
27 years old
COLOMBO (KANATTE) GENERAL CEMETERY
Plot 6C. Row D. Grave 7.
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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ATUKORALEARACHIGE HENRY DHARMAPALA
Sapper
Service Number: 4913
Ceylon Engineers
United Kingdom
Died 09 November 1942
24 years old
COLOMBO (KANATTE) GENERAL CEMETERY
Plot C. Row B. Grave 15.
Sri Lanka
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