Kandy War Cemetery
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| Kandy War Cemetery | |
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 Kandy War Cemetery | |
 Interactive map of Kandy War Cemetery | |
| Details | |
| Location | |
| Country | Sri Lanka |
| Coordinates | 7°16′54″N 80°36′30″E / 7.281680°N 80.608291°E |
| Type | British military of WWII (closed) |
| Owned by | Commonwealth War Graves Commission |
| No. of graves | 203 (as per memorial inscription) |
| Find a Grave | 2348664 |
The Kandy War Cemetery, formerly known as the Pitakande Military Cemetery, is a British military cemetery in Kandy, Sri Lanka, for soldiers of the British Empire who were killed during World War II as well as a soldier who died during World War I.[1]
The cemetery is a Commonwealth War Graves Commission (CWGC) maintained burial site for soldiers.[2] There are 203 buried consisting of: 107 British, 35 East Africans, 26 Sri Lankans, 23 Indians, 6 Canadians, 3 Italians, 1 Frenchman and 2 unidentified persons,[3] Of the 203 dead, 151 were army, 32 were air force, 16 were navy, 2 were unidentified, 1 was merchant navy and 1 was from the national fire service.
The cemetery is located in Deveni Rajasinghe Mawatha, approximately 1.5 kilometres (0.93 mi) from the main road.[4]
