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Leading Aircraftman SYDNEY SMITH

Service Number: 648880
Regiment & Unit/Ship

Royal Air Force

30 Sqdn.

Date of Death

Died 30 January 1943

Age 21 years old

Buried or commemorated at

KANDY WAR CEMETERY

6. A. 2.

Sri Lanka

Commonwealth War Graves Commission - Headstone Placeholder
  • Country of Service United Kingdom
  • Additional Info Son of Harold and Mary Jane Smith, of Longton, Stoke-on-Trent.
  • Personal Inscription HE GAVE HIS GREATEST GIFT OF ALL, HIS OWN UNFINISHED LIFE
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Buried or commemorated at

KANDY WAR CEMETERY
Sri Lanka
Number of casualties: 203
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