Sri Lanka Army Related Historical Photos – ශ්‍රී ලංකා යුද හමුදාවට අදාළ ඓතිහාසික ඡායාරූප

WOs and Sergeants of Ceylon Light Infantry in WW1 (?): Photo credit Anton Edema
WOs and Sergeants of Ceylon Light Infantry in WW1 (?): Photo credit Anton Edema
Ceylon Garrison Artillery in WW2 (1941): Col Lyn Wickramasuriya is seated 5th from right- 3rd from left is later Lt Col Eardley Mcheyzer who was commander 4th Arty and was chairman of Army rugby. The officer to the right of Col Lyn may be later Lt Col C A Fernando who was CO after Col Mac (Photo credit Anton Edema)
Ceylon Engineers 1941 (Photo credit Anton Edema)

Ceylon Light Infantry in WW2: (Photo credit Anton Edema)

The Ceylon Corps of Military Police, 1 Provost COY, 1953 – ශ්‍රී ලංකා හමුදා පොලිස් බලකාය, 1 Provost COY, 1953 :

3rd Row Standing: L/c R.A.B Cunningham, L/C A. Ekanayake, L/c Douglas Joseph Mathews, L/c D.B. Jayasinghe, L/c S.G. De Silva, L/C H. N. Hearsey, L/c R. C. De Alwis

2nd Road in Vehicles and Standing Left to Right: L/C G. F. Daniel, Cpl. H.S. Herath, Cpl. N.W. Pereira, L/c B.A.V. Jayasumana, L/c B. Jayalath, L/c W.B.R. Weerakoon, L/c. R.R. Morgan, L/c. R.A.P. Goonetilleke, L/C J. Rajapakse, L/c M.E.G. Dharmakirti, L/c J.W. Nicholas, L/c K.B.M. Haniffa, L/c. R.G. John, Cpl. T.M.M. Hassim, L/c T.J. Mohamed

1st Row Seated Left to Right: Sgt. V.M.V. Vadivetkarasu, Staff/Sgt. K. Mathew, Capt. E.R.P. De Silva (Officer Commanding C.C.M.P.), Lieut. B.C. Henricus (2 I/C C.C.M.P.), Sgt J.K.G. Ingram

The above information was kindly provided by Mrs. Bernie Mathews, daughter of late Douglas Joseph Mathews (last row, third from left)

Ceylon Army Ordnance Corps 1968(?) Base Ordnance Depot Panagoda: Warrant Officer Class II Granville Claude Gallander (Front row, 4th from left), Lieutenant Thambipillai Sivashanmugam (later Major General) – ශ්‍රී ලංකා යුධ හමුදා යුධෝපකරණ බලකාය 1968

Photo of 1 Rajarata Rifles taken in 1982 at Saliyapura: Seated L – R:  Vikum Siriwardene, Dambakotuwa, Gotabhaya Rajapakse, K.M.S. Perera, Nanayakkara (CO), Sathish Jayasundera, Lawrence Fernando, Ananda Paranagama, Jayavi Fernando
Standing L-R : Sarath Jayasinghe, Rohana Jayasekera, Washington Gunawardene, Fazly Lafir, Sumedha Perera, Mahesh Silva (Photo and Info from Romesh Tissanayagam)

THE RAISING AND DEVELOPMENT OF THE SRI LANKA ARMY VOLUNTEER FORCE: By Brigadier AER Abeyesinghe KSV (Rtd) and Major Anton Edema (Rtd) (Click on link to access)

LEST WE FORGET – A TRIBUTE TO THE HEROES OF GEMUNU WATCH BY BRIGADIER HIRAN HALANGODA (Clink on link to open document)

This document is a poignant tribute by Brigadier Hiran N. Halangode to the valiant officers and soldiers of the Gemunu Watch (1 GW), recounting their extraordinary resilience during the Batticaloa siege of 1990.