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The Cenotaph War Memorial in Viharamahadevi Park, Colombo, Sri Lanka is a war memorial dedicated to the military personnel from Ceylon killed in action during the two world wars. It was designed by the architect Sir Edwin Landseer Lutyens. It comprises a towering Cenotaph and Memorial Walls.
Several of those who served with Commonwealth Forces during the war went on to serve in the Sri Lankan Armed Forces after Ceylon gained independence in 1948; these include General D. S. Attygalle, Major General Anton Muttukumaru, Major General Bertram Heyn, Major General Richard Udugama, Major General H.W.G. Wijeyekoon and Air Vice Marshal ...
The National War Memorial in front of the Parliament complex is dedicated to all military personnel killed since World War I and police personal killed due to militancy.. An annual ceremony to commemorate the velour and gallantry of War Heroes is held at the site on Remembrance Day of May.
Pages in category "World War II sites in Sri Lanka" The following 19 pages are in this category, out of 19 total. This list may not reflect recent changes. B.
The cemetery also has a memorial commemorating 28 Italian prisoners of war who died and were buried in the country between 1939 and 1945. The cemetery is situated on the site of a Portuguese church, Chapel of Nossa Senhora do Livramento, dedicated to the Virgin Mary, the Virgin of Good Deliverance, from which it derives its name. [ 6 ]
Brigadier Douglas Ramanayake - first commanding officer, Sri Lanka Engineers [2] Brigadier T. S. B. Sally - Former Chief of Staff, Sri Lanka Army; Colonel Fredrick C. de Saram, OBE, CA - first commanding officer, Sri Lanka Artillery and the leader of the Attempted military coup in 1962; Bombardier Gratien Fernando, CGA - leader of the Cocos ...
Sri Lanka's security forces abducted men and women from the ethnic Tamil minority and tortured them in custody long after the end of a bloody civil war in the South Asian island nation, a human ...
Kanatte Cemetery, also known locally as Borella Cemetery, is the main burial ground and crematorium in Colombo, Sri Lanka.. It is located at the intersection of Elvitigala Mawatha (Narahenpita Road), Bauddhaloka Mawatha (Bullers Road) and D. S. Senanayake Mawatha (Baseline Road).