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Corporal JAMES EDWARD CAVANAGH

Service Number: 2358508
Regiment & Unit/Ship

Royal Corps of Signals

Date of Death

Died 18 August 1944

Age 38 years old

Buried or commemorated at

COLOMBO (LIVERAMENTU) CEMETERY

2. G. 7.

Sri Lanka

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  • Country of Service United Kingdom
  • Additional Info Son of Edwin and Sarah Cavanagh, of Manchester; husband of Alice Cavanagh, of Harpurhey, Manchester.
  • Personal Inscription A CHEERY SMILE, A HEART OF GOLD. YOUR LIFE FOR YOUR COUNTRY YOU NOBLY GAVE
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Buried or commemorated at

COLOMBO (LIVERAMENTU) CEMETERY
Sri Lanka
Number of casualties: 621
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