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e. The Army Headquarters ( Army HQ) is the headquarters of the Sri Lanka Army and is located in the Defence Headquarters Complex in Sri Jayawardenapura Kotte. It was established on 1 October 1949 in the Echelon Barracks which was the headquarters of the British Army in Ceylon. It later moved to the Rifle Barracks and then to the Old Army ...
Percy Fernando. Major General Percy Fernando, RWP, RSP, psc, CR (died 2000) was a Sri Lankan Army officer, who was the Deputy GOC, 54 Division based at Elephant Pass and prior to which he was the brigade commander of the independent Special Forces Brigade. Educated at Royal College, Colombo, [1] where he represented the school and captained the ...
Website. https://crd.lk/. Centre for Defence Research and Development (CDRD) is a Sri Lankan Research and Development (R&D) institute under the Ministry of Defence responsible for the development technology for the Armed Forces of Sri Lanka. The CDRD cooperates with various branches of the military as well as other entities and is engaged in ...
Commanders. Current. commander. Major General MKUP Gunarathna. The 55 Division is an elite division of the Sri Lanka Army. A principal offensive division it is currently deployed for combat operations in the Jaffna Peninsula and is under the command of Security Forces Headquarters - Jaffna .
Sri Lanka Army 50th Anniversary Medal. 50th Independence Anniversary Commemoration Medal. Ranjith Premasiri Madalana alias "Nero" was a decorated Sri Lanka Army sniper with 217 confirmed LTTE kills during the Sri Lankan Civil War. [1] He was killed on 28 April 2009, 20 days before the end of the conflict. [2]
Commanders. Notable. commanders. General Officer Commanding - Major General Mahinda Ranasinghe, Deputy General Officer Commanding - Major General Laksiri Waduge. The 59 Division is an division of the Sri Lanka Army formed in 2007. A principal offensive division it is currently deployed for combat operations in the Mullaitivu region.
I Corps (Sri Lanka) 1 Corps ("First Corps") is a field corps formation of the Sri Lanka Army. The Corps is headquartered at Kilinochchi in Northern Province. It was raised on 17 October 2021. It was formed with the amalgamation of the Reserve Strike Force, special forces units and the former Security Forces Headquarters - Kilinochchi (SFHQ-KLN ...
A new division named as the 57 Division had been created by the Sri Lanka Army on 26 February 2007. This was created as an offensive division, with the task of neutralising LTTE threats on civilian settlements in Vavuniya and Mannar. [4] Three brigades comprised the 57 Division, named as 571, 572 and 573.