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Signalman LESLIE CAPLAN

Service Number: 2332685
Regiment & Unit/Ship

Royal Corps of Signals

Date of Death

Died 13 June 1942

Age 23 years old

Buried or commemorated at

COLOMBO (KANATTE) GENERAL CEMETERY

Plot 6C. Row C. Grave 4.

Sri Lanka

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  • Country of Service United Kingdom
  • Additional Info Son of Louis and Agnes Caplan, of Raynes Park, Surrey.
  • Personal Inscription IN LOVING MEMORY. AT REST
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Buried or commemorated at

COLOMBO (KANATTE) GENERAL CEMETERY
Sri Lanka
Number of casualties: 385
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