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13th November 2016 Colombo, Sri Lanka

Laura Davies » Deputy High Commissioner to Sri Lanka and the Maldives

by Laura Davies

Former Deputy High Commissioner to Sri Lanka and the Maldives

The Double Sunrise of Peace

On Friday 11 November, we held our usual ceremony for Remembrance Day.  The Commonwealth War Graves enclosure of the Liveramentu cemetery on Torrington Road was as serene as ever. The headstones are a startling white against the immaculate green grass.  The tropical sun beats down.  Birdsong fills the two minute silence.  The reading from Kenny […]

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