Commandants
The following have commanded the SLAVF:
- Colonel (later Major General) H.W.G. Wijeyekoon (Volunteer officer)
- Colonel Maurice De Mel (Volunteer Officer)
- Brigadier (later General) T.I Weeratunge,VSV,jssc,GW (Regular Army)
- Brigadier (later General) G.D.G.N Senviratne, VSV,ndc,SLE (Regular Army)
- Brigadier E.G Thavanayagam, VSV, SLSR (Regular Army)
- Brigadier H Wanasinghe VSV,ndc,SLA (Regular Army)
- Brigadier B.K.V. Justus E. Rodrigo, VSV (Regular Army)
- Major General Y. Balaretnarajah,USP,ndc, SLAC (Regular Army)
- Major General (later General) G.S.C Fonseka,RWP,USP,rcds,psc, SLSR (Regular Army)
- Major General (posthumous Lieutenant General) Parami Kulatunga,RSP,USP,GW (Regular Army)
- Major General Sharman Kulatunga,RSP,USP,ndc,psc,SLAC (Regular Army)
- Major General Somadasa Hapuaratchi (Regular Army)
- Major General Lawrence Fernando (Regular Army)
- Major General Sumith Balasuriya, USP, ndc, IG, SLA (Regular Army)
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