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Leading Aircraftman HAROLD CHALLIS

Service Number: 1223527
Regiment & Unit/Ship

Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve

81 Sqdn.

Date of Death

Died 26 February 1945

Age 34 years old

Buried or commemorated at

COLOMBO (LIVERAMENTU) CEMETERY

2. C. 2.

Sri Lanka

Commonwealth War Graves Commission - Headstone Placeholder
  • Country of Service United Kingdom
  • Additional Info Son of Ellis and Ada Challis; husband of Winifred Lilian Challis, of Streatham, London.
  • Personal Inscription IN LOVING MEMORY OF MY DEAR HUSBAND WHO DIED DOING HIS DUTY. LOVE, WINNIE
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Buried or commemorated at

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