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Sub-Lieutenant (A) HARRY PETERSON

Regiment & Unit/Ship

Royal Naval Volunteer Reserve

H.M.S. Empress.

Date of Death

Died 16 July 1945

Age 20 years old

Buried or commemorated at

TRINCOMALEE WAR CEMETERY

1. B. 1.

Sri Lanka

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  • Country of Service United Kingdom
  • Additional Info Son of Harry and Bridget Peterson, of Blackpool, Lancashire.
  • Personal Inscription WE HAVE LOVED HIM IN LIFE, LET US NOT FORGET HIM IN DEATH. AMEN
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Buried or commemorated at

TRINCOMALEE WAR CEMETERY
Sri Lanka
Number of casualties: 366
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