🇱🇰 Commonwealth War Cemetery, Trincomalee, Sri Lanka. | ත්‍රිකුණාමලේ පොදු රාජ්‍ය මණ්ඩල යුධ සුසාන බිම

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Around the World - Episode 05 | Commonwealth War Cemetery, Trincomalee, Sri Lanka. | ත්‍රිකුණාමලේ පොදු රාජ්‍ය මණ්ඩල යුධ සුසාන භූමිය
Trincomalee Commonwealth War Cemetery (also known as Trincomalee War Cemetery) is a British military cemetery in Trincomalee, Sri Lanka. It preserves memories of British soldiers and auxiliary staff who perished during World War II. This serene, meticulously maintained location has 362 identified graves of Christians, Muslims, Hindus, and Buddhists alike, all of whom died during the last days of the war. It is one of the six Commonwealth war cemeteries in Sri Lanka, and is maintained by Sri Lankan Ministry of Defense on behalf of the Commonwealth War Graves Commission.
The cemetery is located on Trincomalee-Nilaveli (A6) Road, around 6 km north of the town of Trincomalee, between Uppuveli and Nilaveli.
It was originally the Combined Services Cemetery, but was taken over by the Admiralty from the military authorities in April 1948 for use as a permanent naval cemetery. On the withdrawal of United Kingdom Forces from Ceylon it became the property of the Ceylon Government who granted the Commonwealth War Graves Commission security of tenure in perpetuity.
Except for a few post-war and non-war graves it is purely a war cemetery, and service war graves were transferred to it from Trincomalee (St. Mary) Churchyard; Trincomalee (St. Stephen's) Cemetery, Kottadi Cemetery, Jaffna; and Vavuniya Combined Cemetery. The non-war graves are those of men of the Merchant Navy whose death was not due to war service, and of civilians, of whom some were employees of the Admiralty; while the post-war graves were dependents of servicemen, civilian employees of the Admiralty and dependents of such employees.
Among the graves you will find the Cross of Sacrifice, which is a Commonwealth war memorial originally designed in 1918 by Sir Reginald Blomfield for the Imperial War Graves Commission (now the Commonwealth War Graves Commission). It is present in Commonwealth war cemeteries containing 40 or more graves.

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