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Royal Air Force hospitals were British military hospitals formerly operated by the Royal Air Force (RAF) of the United Kingdom. They contained dedicated medical care facilities, at strategic locations wherever the RAF was operating, at home and abroad, to cater for in-depth military medical needs of Royal Air Force personnel.
Trincomalee has some of the most picturesque and scenic beaches found in Sri Lanka, relatively unspoilt and clean. The area is famous for bathing and swimming, owing to the relative shallowness of the sea, allowing one to walk out over a hundred meters into the sea without the water reaching the chest.
In 1850 the British converted the hospital into a barracks. [4] They then used the building for the office of the Government Agent, who was the chief administrator of the district, until the country's independence in 1948. Old Dutch Hospital (2013) prior to its conversion. Following Sri Lanka's independence the building was used as the Galle ...
Sri Lanka Rifle Corps The Old Army Headquarters refers to the former military headquarters complex of the Sri Lanka Army . Situated next to Galle Face Green and Baladaksha Mawatha (Lower Lake Road), the complex bordered the Beira Lake and had its main entrance at the Slave Island end of Baladaksha Mawatha, Colombo 3 .
The surgeon with the longest service at the Colombo hospital was Alleman. Alleman sought to improve conditions at the hospital, including increasing provisions. The most famous of all the surgeons who worked in the Colombo hospital was undoubtedly Paul Hermann, who served from 1672-79. Herman has been described as the father of botany in Sri ...
An RAF Bristol Blenheim bombers patrol over Ceylon. Singhalese women labourers RAF flying boat station at Red Hills Lake, Ceylon. The British had occupied the coastal areas of the island since 1796, but after 1917 the colony had no regular garrison of British troops. The Ceylon Defence Force and Ceylon Navy Volunteer Reserve were mobilised and ...
Ranjith Sunimal Fernando now has a shell of a home at the edge of Sri Lanka's coast, lost to the sea. “One night last month, my son went to the bathroom and I suddenly heard him screaming ...
Unawatuna is a coastal town in Galle district of Sri Lanka. Unawatuna is a major tourist attraction in Sri Lanka and known for its beach and corals. It is a suburb of Galle, about 5 kilometres (3.1 mi) southeast to the city center and approximately 108 kilometres (67 mi) south of Colombo. Unawatuna is situated at an elevation of 5 metres (16 ft ...