Sri Lanka Light Infantry - Notable Members

Notable Members

  • General Sir John Lionel Kotelawala, CH, KBE- Former Prime Minister of Ceylon
  • General D. S. Attygalle, MVO -Former Commander of the Sri Lankan Army
  • General T. I. Weerathunga, VSV, ndc - former Commander of the Sri Lankan Army and Chief of the Defence Staff
  • General Shantha Kottegoda, WWV, RWP, RSP, VSP, ndc -Former Commander of the Sri Lankan Army
  • Major General Anton Muttukumaru, OBE, ED - First Ceylonese Commander of the Ceylon Army
  • Major General B.R. Heyn -Former Commander of the Ceylon Army
  • Major General A.R. Udugama, MBE - Former Commander of the Ceylon Army
  • Justice Eugene Wilfred Jayewardene - Judge of the Supreme Court of Ceylon
  • Major General T.T. Ranjith de Silva, RWP, RSP, USP, PSC - Former Security Forces Commander - Eastern Province and Government Agent, Trincomalee District
  • Major General Nanda Mallawaarachchi, RWP, VSV, USP, ndc, psc -Former Chief of Staff of the Sri Lankan Army and present Sri Lankan Ambassador to Indonesia
  • Major General Lakshman 'Lucky' Wijayaratne RWP, RSP † - Former brigade commander, 22 Brigade
  • Colonel T G Jayewardene - First Ceylonese commanding officer and former member of the State Council of Ceylon
  • Colonel Waldo Sansoni, OBE, VD, JP, UM - Colonel commanding, Ceylon Light Infantry (1935-1939)
  • Lieutenant Colonel Angelo Peiris, RWP, RSP † - Leader of the first wave seaborne landing during Operation Balavegaya
  • Lieutenant Colonel Dhananjaya W. Wijesinghe, RSP † - 2nd Commander- 7th Sri Lanka Light Infantry during the Third Eelam War

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