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Flying Officer ERIC COATSWORTH

Service Number: 196866
Regiment & Unit/Ship

Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve

232 Sqdn.

Date of Death

Died 12 December 1945

Age 24 years old

Buried or commemorated at

COLOMBO (LIVERAMENTU) CEMETERY

3. C. 3.

Sri Lanka

Commonwealth War Graves Commission - Headstone Placeholder
  • Country of Service United Kingdom
  • Additional Info Son of James and Mary Coatsworth, of Sweeney, Shropshire.
  • Personal Inscription "SPLENDID YOU PASSED... INTO THE LIGHT THAT NEVERMORE SHALL FADE" AT REST
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Buried or commemorated at

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