Commonwealth War Grave Commission Tomb for MV Dumana RAF Seaplane Tender

Lest We forget, but We Will Never Forget

39 soldiers, sailors and seamaen died in 1943, on Christmas Eve. We, from the British community here, will never forget them, and every year, on the 11th November, at 11:00, we remember them.

In Honour of British War Dead who fell 24th December 1943

A little known piece of history, even in Cote d'Ivoire, and Sassandra, where, on the 24th December 1943, a Royal Air Force ship, the MV Dumana, a Seaplane (Flying Boat) Tender ship, supporting two squ...