| Kandy War Cemetery | |
| Map Type: | Sri Lanka |
| Map Size: | 100 |
| Country: | Sri Lanka |
| Location: | Kandy |
| Coordinates: | 7.2817°N 80.6083°W |
| Type: | British military of WWII (closed) |
| Owner: | Commonwealth War Graves Commission |
| Graves: | 203 (as per memorial inscription) |
| Findagrave: | 2348664 |
The Kandy War Cemetery, formerly known as the Pitakande Military Cemetery, is a British military cemetery in Kandy, Sri Lanka, for soldiers of the British Empire who were killed during World War II as well as a soldier who died during World War I.[1]
There are 203 buried consisting of: 107 British, 35 East Africans, 26 Sri Lankans, 23 Indians, 6 Canadians, 3 Italians, 1 Frenchman and 2 unidentified persons,[2] Of the 203 dead, 151 were army, 32 were air force, 16 were navy, 2 were unidentified, 1 was merchant navy and 1 was from the national fire service.
The cemetery is located in Deveni Rajasinghe Mawatha, approximately 1.5km (00.9miles) from the main road.[3]
