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Private ALFRED WILLIAM DOUGLASS

Service Number: 6471914
Regiment & Unit/Ship

Northamptonshire Regiment

1st Bn.

Date of Death

Died 07 November 1942

Age 27 years old

Buried or commemorated at

COLOMBO (LIVERAMENTU) CEMETERY

9. D. 5.

Sri Lanka

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  • Country of Service United Kingdom
  • Additional Info Son of Alfred Sidney and Dorothy Douglass, of Manor Park, Essex.
  • Personal Inscription WE HAVE LOST THE DEAR SON WE TRIED TO SAVE. BELOVED ON EARTH, REMEMBERED IN THE GRAVE
FOR EVERMORE: STORIES OF THE FALLEN
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Buried or commemorated at

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