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Name, Rank & Service No. Unit, Regiment, Country of Service Date of Death Commemorated at
Sir ROBERT PEEL
Ordinary Seaman
Service Number: P/JX/261730
H.M.S. Tenedos
Royal Navy
United Kingdom
Died 05 April 1942
21 years old
COLOMBO (KANATTE) GENERAL CEMETERY
Sp. Mem. Plot 6B. Row N. Joint Grave 4A.
Sri Lanka
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REGINALD CHARLES CRIPPS
Marine
Service Number: EX/3101
Royal Marines
United Kingdom
Died 18 April 1942
24 years old
COLOMBO (KANATTE) GENERAL CEMETERY
Plot 6B. Row L. Grave 12A.
Sri Lanka
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KENNETH JOHN MAJOR PETTITT
Sub-Lieutenant (A)
H.M.S. Lanka.
Royal Naval Volunteer Reserve
United Kingdom
Died 05 April 1942
21 years old
COLOMBO (KANATTE) GENERAL CEMETERY
Plot 6B. Row P. Grave 16.
Sri Lanka
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WALTER PHILLIPS
Flight Sergeant
Service Number: 540060
806 Sqdn.
Royal Air Force
United Kingdom
Died 26 April 1942
26 years old
COLOMBO (KANATTE) GENERAL CEMETERY
Plot 6B. Row K. Grave 14.
Sri Lanka
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JOHN HENRY CECIL BASSETT
Major
Service Number: 69039
Royal Artillery
United Kingdom
Died 24 April 1943
26 years old
COLOMBO (KANATTE) GENERAL CEMETERY
Plot 6C. Row F. Grave 17.
Sri Lanka
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WILLIAM BROWN SCOTT BEGG
Sub-Lieutenant
H.M.S. Tenedos.
Royal Naval Volunteer Reserve
United Kingdom
Died 05 April 1942
23 years old
COLOMBO (KANATTE) GENERAL CEMETERY
Plot 6B. Row N. Grave 8.
Sri Lanka
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WILLIAM ARTHUR JAMES BENNETT
Marine
Service Number: EX/2450
R.M. Group, M.N.B.D.O. 1.
Royal Marines
United Kingdom
Died 08 January 1942
22 years old
COLOMBO (KANATTE) GENERAL CEMETERY
Plot 6B. Row N. Grave 13.
Sri Lanka
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JAMES BUCHANAN
Able Seaman
Service Number: D/JX169419
H.M.S. Tenedos.
Royal Navy
United Kingdom
Died 05 April 1942
22 years old
COLOMBO (KANATTE) GENERAL CEMETERY
Sp. Mem. Plot 6B. Row N. Joint grave 2.
Sri Lanka
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OWEN CAREY
Gunner
Service Number: I/26673
1/4 Field Regt.
Royal Artillery
United Kingdom
Died 15 September 1942
38 years old
COLOMBO (KANATTE) GENERAL CEMETERY
Plot 6C. Row C. Grave 6.
Sri Lanka
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HENRY ALBERT CLARK
Air Mechanic (O) 2nd Class
Service Number: FX. 81040
H.M.S. Hermes.
Royal Navy
United Kingdom
Died 12 April 1942
COLOMBO (KANATTE) GENERAL CEMETERY
Plot 6B. Row L. Grave 16A.
Sri Lanka
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