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Able Seaman JOHN PYE

Service Number: C/JX 304168
Regiment & Unit/Ship

Royal Navy

H.M.S. Gambia.

Date of Death

Died 04 October 1944

Age 21 years old

Buried or commemorated at

COLOMBO (LIVERAMENTU) CEMETERY

2. F. 10.

Sri Lanka

Commonwealth War Graves Commission - Headstone Placeholder
  • Country of Service United Kingdom
  • Additional Info Son of John and May Pye, of Breightmet, Bolton, Lancashire.
  • Personal Inscription DEARLY LOVED "PEACE, PERFECT PEACE"
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Buried or commemorated at

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