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E H CUMBERLAND — Fleet Air Arm

1943-12-14 · Ceylon · Sri Lanka

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Name: E H CUMBERLAND
Rank: Air Mechanic 1st Class (L)
Official number: FX 98775
Role: -
Service/attached: RN
Squadron: -
Ship/station: H.M.S. Bherunda, Columbo Racecourse, Ceylon
Date of death: 1943-12-14
Aircraft: - -
Place of death: Ceylon
Circumstances: DIED
Buried/commemorated: COLOMBO (LIVERAMENTU) CEMETERY
Commemoration details: Plot 1, Row O, Grave 7
Family details: Son of Ernest and Maud Cumberland, of Old Basford, Nottingham

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