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Hello IL, Can you please check the Ceylon list (I believe page 31) and confirm if the following appear on it, and if there are others that I may have missed?
Sir Solomon Christoffel Obeyesekere
Mr E Rosling
Disawa William Dunuwile
Mr Tudor Dedrick Rajapakse
Lt.Col. E C Davies ISO VD
Lt.Col. Edwin James Hayward
Lt.Col. Thomas Yates Wright
Maj. Gordon Frazer
Col. A J Chalmers
Capt. H R H Van Cuylenberg
Sgt A E Van Buren

Col. T Y Wright was a Boer War veteran, serving with both Ceylon Contingents (invalided back from the first and re-joined in the second).

Thanks,
Charles

Charles
Attached is a cut from the Overseas Contingents (1911 Coronation) 1911 medal roll regarding the Ceylon contingent. Additional info on the roll are the units they represented.
Regards
IL.

Dear IL,
Thank you very much for this info. So I guess the first 4 names in my list were civilian dignitaries representing the Ceylon Govt.

A. E. Van Buren mentioned in the roll was a member of the 2nd Ceylon Contingent to the Boer War.

If you don't mind, can you please email your name and location to [email protected] so I can include you in the Acknowledgements section in my (proposed) book?

I really appreciate the time you took to provide this info.

Regards,
Charles

Charles
I think David's site should be acknowledged as credited in this instance rather than an individual. I only passed the information on via this site.
Regards
IL.

Thanks. I will do so.
Charles

Good morning IL,
How many Australians are listed? I don’t recall ever seeing a group of medals to an Australian including that Coronation medal.
Cheers,
Jim