Notable Members
- The Rt. Hon. Don Stephen Senanayake, CTG - First Prime Minister of Ceylon.
- General Sir John Lionel Kotelawala CH, KBE, CLI - Third Prime Minister of Ceylon
- Captain Henry Pedris, CTG - A prominent figure executed by the British.
- Major Hon. E. A. Nugawela, CLI - former Minister of Education (of the first cabinet 1948), Member of Parliament & State Council
- Major General Anton Muttukumaru OBE, ED, CLI - First Ceylonese Commander of the Ceylon Army (1955–1959)
- Major General H.W.G. Wijeyekoon OBE, ED, CLI - Former Commander of the Ceylon Army (1960–1963)
- Major General A.R. Udugama MBE, CLI - Former Commander of the Ceylon Army (1964–1966)
- Major General B.R. Heyn, CLI - Former Commander of the Ceylon Army (1966–1967)
- General D. S. Attygalle MVO, CLI - Former Commander of the Sri Lankan Army (1967–1977)
- Lieutenant Basil Arthur Horsfall, VC, ELR - only Ceylonese to win a Victoria Cross
- Colonel Fredrick C. de Saram, OBE, CA - former commanding officer Ceylon Artillery and the leader of the Attempted military coup in 1962
- Bombardier Gratien Fernando, CGA - leader of the Cocos Islands Mutiny
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