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Major General (abbreviated as Maj Gen) is a general officer rank in the Sri Lanka Army, and was created as a direct equivalent of the British military rank of major general. It is the second-highest active rank of the Sri Lanka Army while the Lieutenant General is the highest (the lieutenant general is the professional head of the army), and is ...
The ranks are similar to the British army officer ranks and the other ranks. At its formation in 1949, the Ceylon Army adopted the rank structures of the British Army . The highest rank in the Sri Lanka Army is Field Marshal , though the rank has no appointment in the army, it was first awarded in 2015 as an honorary rank to Sarath Fonseka for ...
The equivalent is Lieutenant-Commander in the Sri Lanka Navy and Squadron Leader in the Sri Lanka Air Force. From 1949 to 1972, in the Ceylon Army the rank insignia for a major was a crown, similar to that of the British Army Major. A major of the Sri Lanka Army would usually commanding independent companies, squadrons and batteries, but those ...
Commander, Sri Lanka Army 1977-81. [5] General Nalin Seneviratne - on the retied list. Commander, Sri Lanka Army 1985-88. [6] General Hamilton Wanasinghe - on the retired list. Commander, Sri Lanka Army 1988-91. [7] General Cecil Waidyaratne - on the retired list. Commander, Sri Lanka Army 1991-93. [8] General G. H. de Silva - on the retired ...
When the Ceylon Army was formed the rank of general was the highest rank defined under the Army Act of 1949. Since the formation the British Army officer heading the army held the rank of brigadier and the first Ceylonese officer to command the army, Anton Muttukumaru was promoted to the rank of major general in 1958.
Major-general is the second-highest active rank of the Sri Lanka Army. The rank has a NATO rank code of OF-7, equivalent to a rear-admiral in the Sri Lanka Navy or an air vice-marshal in the Sri Lanka Air Force or the air forces of many Commonwealth countries. Appoints at this level carries the officer staff car designated with Two stars.
Sri Lanka Army: Years of service: 1974-2009: Rank: Major General: Unit: Sri Lanka Armoured Corps: Commands: Commander Security Forces Headquarters - Jaffna, 52 Division, Armoured Brigade: Battles / wars: JVP Insurrection 1987-89, Sri Lankan Civil War: Awards: Rana Wickrama Padakkama, Uttama Seva Padakkama: Other work: Governor of Northern ...
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