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Private KARIYAKERANGE LIONEL DE SILVA

Service Number: 12302
Regiment & Unit/Ship

Ceylon Light Infantry

3rd Bn.

Date of Death

Died 04 February 1945

Age 25 years old

Buried or commemorated at

KANDY WAR CEMETERY

4. A. 13.

Sri Lanka

Commonwealth War Graves Commission - Headstone Placeholder
  • Country of Service United Kingdom
  • Additional Info Son of Kariyakerange James De Silva and Wadu Arachchige Egnes De Silva; husband of Wickrema Arachchige Leelawathie De Silva. of Kctahena. Colombo, Ceylon.
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Buried or commemorated at

KANDY WAR CEMETERY
Sri Lanka
Number of casualties: 203
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