Commonwealth War Cemetery, Uppuveli, east coast of Sri Lanka


Over 600 servicemen are buried here, who died in Trincomalee in WWII, most of them during a Japanese raid in 1942 that sank over a dozen vessels.


Size: 3888px × 2592px
Location: Uppuveli, near Trincomalee, Sri Lanka
Photo credit: © Lucy Calder / Alamy / Afripics
License: Licensed
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