Commonwealth War Cemetery (Jawatta) Jawatta Commonwealth War Cemetery (Sinhala: ජාවත්ත පොදුරාජ්ය මණ්ඩලීය යුද සුසාන භූමිය) is a part of the Jawatta Burial Ground (or Liveramentu Cemetery) situated in Jawatta in Colombo District, Sri Lanka. It has been established to honour the Commonwealth servicemen who died during World War I (1914-1918) and World War II (1939-1945). Sri Lanka in World Wars Sri Lanka in the First World War World War I centred in Europe began on 28 July 1914 and lasted until 11 November 1918. Sri Lanka, then known as Ceylon, as a part of the British Empire, offered the service of approximately 2000 volunteers from the Ceylon Defence Force, and 442 among them did not survive. Their names are presently found recorded in the Cenotaph War Memorial in the Colombo Public Library premises. The closest fighting to Sri Lanka took place in the Bay of Bengal, where an Australian warship sank a German cruiser. Sri Lanka in the Second World War World War II was begun on 1 September 1939 and lasted till 2 September 1945.…
