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1881 Captain Thomas Berwick
Lieut.Col. John Scott Armitage, 21st Lancashire Rifle Volunteers Captain EG Strong
Major William Joseph Gorman, (777) Ceylon Rifle Regiment 2nd Lieut Adrian Charles Hope
Major Richard Arthur Bosanquet, (4) Monmouth Volunteers
Captain Charles Cyrus Armitage, (17) 1882 – Hon Chaplains
Captain William Francis Courthope, (5) Rev. Samuel Lindsay, Colonial chaplain,
Captain William Cantrell, (562) Honorary Presbyterian Chaplain
Captain Alexander Murray, (51) Rev. Maurice C.C.O’ Dell, Hony. Chaplain
Lieut. Col. Henry Byrde, (928) 57th Regiment to the Volunteer Corps in the Kandyan district
Captain James Crawford Collum, Rev. J.B Balargero, O.M.I Hony.chaplain
Captain John Patterson,(7) of the London Scottish Rev. F.H. de Winton, Hony. Chaplain
Captain Charles Peter Layard,(407)
Captain George Munro 1882 - Surgeons
Captain The Hon’ble James Van Langenberg, (688) Dr. John Attygalle, Asst, Surgeon, Kandy Company of the
Captain Edward Elliott Ceylon Volunteers Corps
Captain The Hon’ble Lovell Burchett Clarence
First Lieut Percy Cannington Oswald,(6) 1883
First Lieut Hugh Mitchell Captain John Henricus de Saram
First Lieut. Richard Hellebrand Morgan,(681)V.D, of the Lieut Charles Prime
CambridgeRifleVolunteers Lieut. Walter Richard Waller
First Lieut Frederick Charles Turner,(575) Lieut John Herbert Fearnley Hamilton
Fiest Lieut. Edward Campbell Davies,(779) I.S.O.V.D of the Lieut Arthur Sampson Pagden
Canadian volunteers Lieut William Rutherford Bolge Sanders
First Lieut John Harvey Templer Lieut Frederick Henry Grinlinton
First Lieut Frederick Van Langenberg,(992) Lieut Arthur Edward Brown
First Lieut Alexander Thompson,(9) Lieut Christopher Anderson Leechman
First Lieut Edward Cannington Britton,(16)
First Lieut George Hamilton Alston,(179) 1883- Surgeon
First Lieut. Charles Good,(219) Edward Stork Gratiaen, Act. Surgeon
First Lieut Hector Van Cuylenberg,(512)
First Lieut. William James Slade Boake,(72) 1884
First Lieut Jemes Milne Greig Lieut Barandt Lundwig Potger
2nd Lieut Richard Annesley Brohier
2nd Lieut Daniel Young,(10) 1885
2nd Lieut Ralph Tatham,(76) Lieut Hawtrey Thwaites
2nd Lieut Frederick Dornhorst,(775) Lieut Stanley Bois
2nd Lieut Ernest Daniels,
2nd Lieut Frances Mahan Green,(71) 1886
2nd Lieut Edward Cave-Brown,(130) of the Kent volunteers Lieut.Col. Francis Coonningsby Clarke C.M.G, p.s.c.
2nd Lieut Walter Henry Dickman, F.R.G.S, F.R.C.S, F.R.C.I
2nd Lieut Abraham Orlando Joseph,(823) Lieut Edward Burnside
2nd Lieut Charles John Henry Fyler Townsend,(871)
2nd Lieut William Eastlake, of the late 1st Devon Rifles 1887
2nd Lieut George Shadwell Saxton Lieut Albert Ernest Williams
Lieut George William Burton
1881- Hon. Chaplains Lieut John Penry Lewis
The Rev Henry Newton, M.A. Episcopalian Chaplain
1888
1881 - Surgeons Lieut Francis Hudson Modder
Thomas Henry Frederick Tothill,(864) M.D. (Paris) Lieut Arthur George Perman
Juliar Louis Vanderstraaten, M.D, St. Andrews 1889
Heyman Thornhill Lieut Clement Henry Allen
Thomas Forrest Garvin, M.B, C.M, Aberdeen Lieut Thomas Boyd Campbell
1881 – Adjutant Lieut Charles Minto Gwatkin
Captain George Leigh Gwatkin,3rd Bn.WelshRegt, Lieut John Gordon Frazer,
Royal Glamorgan Light Infantry Militia Lieut Charles Vincent Bellamy
1882 Lieut Francis Robinson Watson
Lieut. Edwin Beven, Lieut Richard Annesley Brohier
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1891 2nd Lieut Harry Heir Davies
2nd Lieut James Arthur Van Langenberg
Lieut Frederick Henry de Vos 2nd Lieut George Edward Stanley Dix
Lieut Charles Edward Jayatileke 2nd Lieut Benjamin William Bawa
Lieut Walter Dionysius Drieberg Surgeon Lieut. Vincent Van Langenberg.
Lieut &.QM Montague Dundas Cockburn
2nd Lieut Thomas Howard Chapman 1900
2nd Lieut John Giles Veall Lieut. Thomas Cockerill, F.C.S, A.I.E.E
Major Regenald Edward Firminger, Late Houssa Force Lieut Ernest Handscomb Spencer
2nd Lieut Ernest William Cade
1892 2nd Lieut Edward Henry Prins
Lieut Evan Maberly Durant Byrde
2nd Lieut T.S. Clarke 1901
2nd Lieut George Waddell 2nd Lieut John Grieve
2nd Lieut Francis Doveton Boyd
1893 2nd Lieut William Wylie
2nd Lieut Edwin Allan Beven 2nd Lieut Baba Hajirin Doole
2nd Lieut Raymond Pelly Doudney
1893 – Surgeons 2nd Lieut Frederick Van Rooyen
Lieut J.G Woutersz Surgeon
Lieut J.BDrieberg Surgeon 1902
Lieut F.FSolmons Surgeon 2nd Lieut Archebald Clement Van Cuylenberg
Lieut H.GThomasz Surgeon 2nd Lieut Walter Jayewickreme
2nd Lieut Charles Lionel de Zylva
1893 – Hon Chaplains 2nd Lieut George Powell Hay
Ven. CT. Boyd, Hony Chaplain
1903
1894 2nd Lieut Walter Fitzroy Frederick Prins
Lieut Wilfred Ravenshaw Fellowes Lukis
Lieut Alfred Ernest Caldicott 1904
2nd Lieut Arthur Reynold Bartholomeusz 2nd Lieut James Wilfred de Silva
2nd Lieut Thomas Henry Stephens 2nd Lieut F. Morgan de Saram
2nd Lieut Harry Bucknall 2nd Lieut Mark S. Gooneratne
2nd Lieut James Dunbar Jonklaas 2nd Lieut William Edward Gratiaen
2nd Lieut Frederick Nell Daniels 2nd Lieut Algernon Clarence Byrde Jonklass.
2nd Lieut Edwin Human 2nd Lieut Theodore Cecil Van Rooyen
2nd Lieut William Brice Gregson 2nd Lieut Richard Charles de Silva
2nd Lieut Malcolm Stevenson
1895 2nd Lieut Eugene Wilfred Jayawardena
2nd Lieut Henry Edward Wijetunge 2nd Lieut David Rockwood
2nd Lieut James William Ohlmus 2nd Lieut Harry Bright Oldham
2nd Lieut Leslie Wiltshire
Lieut Archibald James Verini 1905
2nd Lieut Joronis William Charles de Soysa
1896 2nd Lieut Charles Peter de Silva
2nd Lieut Theodore Godfred Wijesinghe Jayawardene. 2nd Lieut Samuel Algernon Martin
2nd Lieut William Lucas Byrde 2nd Lieut Junius Quintus Jayewardene
2nd Lieut Hector Richard Henry Morgan Van Cuylenberg 2nd Lieut Richard Francis Hillebrand Bayley Morgan
Lt .QM Charles Buller Ferdinands
1897 2nd Lieut Rustom Pestonjee,
2nd Lieut Arthur de Courcy Carson 2nd Lieut William Jonathan Misso
2nd Lieut Arthur Clementi Smith
1906
2nd Lieut George William Digby Prins
1898 2nd Lieut Justinian Perera Rajapakse
2nd Lieut Stephen Montague Burrows 2nd Lieut Cyril Louis Joseph
2nd Lieut.Forbes Griffith Saunder 2nd Lieut Fitzroy Keyt

1899

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1907 2nd Lieut Allan Midgley Carver
2nd Lieut Gerald Percival Kenueman 2nd Lieut Thomas Partington Martin
2nd Lieut William Alfred Dep
2nd Lieut James Burnard de Livera 1916
2nd Lieut Ernest Gholdstein Jonklass Q.M.& Hony.Lieut .Basil Morris Charistoffelez

1908 1917
2nd Lieut William Augustin Peiris 2nd Lieut Philip Marfleet Battle
Q.M. & Hony.Lieut. Chas William Schumacher
1918
1909 2nd Lieut Reginald Felix Dias
Lieut David Clarke 2nd Lieut Leonard Harold de Alwis
2nd Lieut Stratton Guy Sansoni, 2nd Lieut Cecil Morgan Young
2nd Lieut Alex Fleming Churchill 2nd Lieut Ernest Lorensz Henry Jansz
2nd Lieut Lithgow Barlow Moore 2nd Lieut Ralph Heaton Smyth
2nd Lieut William Norman Rae
1910 2nd Lieut Stanley Frederick de Saram
Capt Norman Bainridge Favell 2nd Lieut Francis Oswald Mackwood
Lieut Banner Carruthers Johnstone
2nd Lieut John Henry Arthur Mendis 1920
2nd Lieut Charles Arthur Galpin Lieut Cyril Wace Nicholas
2nd Lieut Evelyn St. Maud Carruthers Weinman
1911 2nd Lieut Stephen Walter Dias Bandaranaike
2nd Lieut Frederick Charles French 2nd Lieut Arthur Ernest Grant
2nd Lieut William Vaugham
2nd Lieut Justin Gerhurd Vandersmagt, 1921
2nd Lieut Eric Louis Spencer Schrader 2nd Lieut.Dionysus Bartholomeusz Seneviratna
2nd Lieut.Tillyampalam Muttucumaroe
1912
2nd Lieut Daniel Elmore Jayetilleke 1922
2nd Lieut Hubert Ernest Newnham 2nd Lieut Ernest Gholstein Jonklass
2nd Lieut Victor Charles Brind 2nd Lieut Herbert William Thelwell Sherwood
2nd Lieut Dudley Irwin Durham 2nd Lieut John Lionel Kotelawela
Capt Charles Russell Cumberland, CPRC
Transferred to the CLI in the rank of Captain with effect from 1923
1.2.1912 2nd Lieut.Gwynne Griffith.
2nd Lieut Charles Joseph Dane Lanktree
1913 2nd Lieut Walwin Gerald Mack .
2nd Lieut Ernest Edward Cheesewright
2nd Lieut Frederick William Treloar 1924
2nd Lieut Waldo Sansoni, 2nd Lieut Samuel Algernon Ludovci Anthonisz
2nd Lieut Don Henry Kotelawala 2nd Lieut Edmund Clarence de Fonseka
2nd Lieut Edward Turner Millington 2nd Lieut James Morrison Caldwell
2nd Lieut John Moriarty
Lieut & Q.M Charles Alexander Stephens
2nd Lieut Percival Walter Vanlangenberg 1925
2nd Lieut Don Richard Wijewardene 2nd Lieut Christopher Allan Hector Perera Jayawardana,
2nd Lieut Peter Stanley Fernando 2nd Lieut Philip Mervyn Ondaatje
2nd Lieut Alfred Lewis 2nd Lieut Vivian Carl Modder
2nd Lieut Hubert Noel Conrad Vangeyzel Kelaart
1914
2nd Lieut Ernest Lionel Mack 1926
2nd Lieut Hamilton Payn Harrison 2nd Lieut Lindsay Vernon Loos
2nd Lieut Federick Alexander Wickremaratna Lt and Q.M. Albert William Savundranayagam
2nd Lieut Edwin James Jayaweera
2nd Lieut Clerence Ebenezer Victor Nathanielsz 1927
2nd Lieut Edward George Perera Jayathilake 2nd Lieut Edgar Ernest Spencer
2nd Lieut Charles Purchon Hall 2nd Lieut Richard Aluvihare
2nd Lieut Charles Arthur Galpin 2nd Lieut George Richard William Martenstyn

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2nd Lieut Malcolm Park
1928
2nd Lieut Sri Nissanka
2nd Lieut Sembukutti Arachige Benedict de Silva
2nd Lieut Rasanayagam Sabanayagam
2nd Lieut Edward Frederick Noel Gratiaen
2nd Lieut Henry Kriekenbeek Sproule Keyt
2nd Lieut Edward Alexander Nugawela
2nd Lieut Cyril Van Langenberg
2nd Lieut Saptaratnajyothi Saravanamuttu
2nd Lieut John Albert de Silva
1930
2nd Lieut Bevis William Frederick Bawa
1931
2nd Lieut Algernon John Horace Martin
2nd Lieut Leonard Osmund Pound
2nd Lieut Rasanayagam Kumaranayagam
2nd Lieut Canada Arachige Dharmapala
2nd Lieut Evelyn Henry Shuldham Cornwall - Legh
2nd Lieut Maurice Scott Murdoch
2ndLieut HaroldJames Frederick Van Langenberg
1933
2nd Lieut Theodore Frederick Jayewardene
2nd Lieut. Cyril Gordon Reeves, CPRC
2nd Lieut. Merri Pain Davis, CPRC
1934
2nd Lieut Francis Amarasuriya
2nd Lieut Arthur Van Langenberg
2nd Lieut Walter Hubert Maxwell Samarasinghe
2nd Lieut Omaru Lebbe Mohamed Lebbe
2nd Lieut. Anton Marian Muttukumaru
2ndLieut Walter Geoffrey Montague Jayawickreme
1935
Lt & QM Elmer John Winsfred Solomons
2nd Lieut Herbert Winston Gerard Wijeyekoon
2nd Lieut. Ronald Mann
2nd Lieut. Walter Evelyn Fonseka
1937
2nd Lieut Sathanathan Muttukumaru Swami
1939
2nd Lieut Suriyaratne Douglas Ratwatte
2nd Lieut Ayampillai Charles Kanagasingham
1940
2nd Lieut David Narasiah Rockwood
2nd Lieut Edward Ambrose Ludovice
2nd Lieut Michael Bernard Butler- Cole
2nd Lieut Reginald Lionel Illankoon
2nd Lieut Richard Claude Dunbar Joknklass
Lieut Cyrus Watkin Milly Oorloff M.B.E
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Lieut Patrick Noel Ritchie
2nd Lieut Manicam Sivanathan
2nd Lieut Bertram Russell Heyn
2nd Lieut Clifford Nugawela
COMMISSIONED IN THE REGT WITH THE
EXPANSION, IN ADDITION TO THE ABOVE
2nd Lieut Eric Charles Theodore La Brooy
2nd Lieut Maurice Anthony Jayaweera
2nd Lieut David Charles Douglas Paul Arndt
2nd Lieut Douglas Aluvihare
2nd Lieut Rienzi Earle Aserappa
2nd Lieut Collin Russel Wydham De Silva
2nd Lieut Seyed Ibrahim Saibo Hameed
2nd Lieut Arthur Herbert Porritt
2nd Lieut John William Subasinghe
2nd Lieut Alexander Richard Udugama
2ndLieut Joseph Chad Wilmot Francis Jayawardane
2nd Lieut Mahadeva Sathasivam
2nd Lieut Bertram Lucien Seneviratne
2nd Lieut Reginald Peter de Alwis
2nd Lieut Charles William Richard de Vos
2nd Lieut Vivian Rielzie Cedric de Silva Illesinghe
2nd Lieut Ian Fredrick Markus
2nd Lieut Simplicius Cruse
2nd Lieut Robert Ebenezar Kitto
2nd Lieut Wilfred Oswald Godwin De Alwis
2nd Lieut Solomon Douglas Dias Samarasinghe
2nd Lieut Noel Loos Jansz
2nd Lieut Brereton Fritz Clifford de Silva
2nd Lieut Baba Juhar Raji Bahar
2nd Lieut Bertram Weerasinghe
2nd Lieut Don Sepala Attygalle
2nd Lieut Louis Milliani Gui Sansoni
2nd Lieut Charles Melville Jennings Francis
Lieut & Q.M. Samuel Henry Bagot
Lieut & QM. Oscar Mervyn Abey’ratna
1941
2nd Lieut Omar Labbe Izzadeen
2nd Lieut John Frederick Halangoda
2nd Lieut Wijaya Raja Singham Nalliah
2nd Lieut Lwellyn Harold Douglas de Silva
2nd Lieut Wlmot Arthr Serpanchy
2nd Lieut Darnley Jayasekere Gunawardena
2nd Lieut Manickavasagar Thambipillai
2nd Lieut Reginald Lionel Munasinghe
2nd Lieut Henry Ivon Hepponstall
2nd Lieut Deryck Wellard Smith
2nd Lieut Samuel Alexis Chitty
2nd Lieut Kanagaratnam Kandiah
2nd Lieut Frederick Philip Rode
2nd Lieut Mohamed Izadeen Mohamed
2nd Lieut Eldsworth Lwellyn Van Langenberg
2nd Lieut Alphonsus Gerard Godfrey Van Reyk
2nd Lieut Irvine Denis Blair La Brooy
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2nd Lieut Frederick Evelyn Kellart
2nd Lieut Ellis Edward Grenier
2nd Lieut Roy Edmund Reimers
2nd Lieut Ernest Roy Pendigrast de Zilwa
2nd Lieut Collin Dirckze
2nd Lieut Victor Albert
2nd Lieut Felix Seneviratne Ratwatte
2nd Lieut Eric Bertram de Vos
2nd Lieut Herbert Reginald Seneviratne
2nd Lieut Charles Winston Kelly
2nd Lieut Mervyn Ethelred Ivan de Silva Ellawala
2nd Lieut George Franklin Kenneth Kellar
2nd Lieut Lodwin Wilfred Dunstan Fernando
Lieut & Q.M. Hilary Gordon Jacotine
Lieut Henry de Sylva, C.C.B, transferred to the C.L.I wef
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C.C.B Officers transferred to the CLI w.e.f . 01st .Dec 1941
Maj. Peter Donald Telpola M.B.E., E.D, C.C.B.
Capt. Victorynus De Silva C.C.B
Lieut Loyola Elgen Diasz, C.C.B
Lieut. Henry Arthur Perusinghe, C.C.B
Lieut Codipillaarachchige Don Stanislaus Siriwardene,C.C.B.
Lieut. Tudor Nelson Munasinghe, C.C.B
(Re Transferred to,C.C.B on 6.2.1942)
2nd Lieut Reginald Chelliah Kulanesan
1942
2nd Lieut George Eric Dimolene C.P.R.C
Lieut & Q.M Harold Erastus Pineo VanTwest
2nd Lieut Ajit Pulipaka Aserappa
2nd Lieut Halmish Myles Christoffelsz
2nd Lieut Wathuthanthrige Oswarld Charles De Alwis
2nd Lieut Madugoda Liyanage Frederick Burns de Silva Sri
Ananda
2nd Lieut Edirimuni Thenison de Soysa Abeysekere
2nd Lieut Gerald Francis de Livera
2nd Lieut Richard Fredrick Christopher de Livera
2nd Lieut Edward James Divitotawela
2nd Lieut Mahipala Akkrap Kuruppu Wickremasinghe Basnayake
Mudiyanselage Henry Ekneligoda
2nd Lieut Ivan Derrick Andree Evarts
2nd Lieut Warunasena Serasinghe Gunewardana
2nd Lieut Roy Douglas Jayatilleke
2nd Lieut Ivor Cedric Meier
2nd Lieut Mavatage Dunstan Titus Medonsa
2nd Lieut Abdul Majied Mohamed Nazick
2nd Lieut Rangedera Liyanage Don Percy Perera
2nd Lieut Douglas Lionel Pate
2nd Lieut Charles Vernon Pieris
2nd Lieut Canagasabe Ramanathan
2nd Lieut Bulathwelage Leslie Joseph Rodrigo
2nd Lieut Abeyratne Vernon Ratwatte
2nd Lieut Kulaveerasingham Sathasivam
2nd Lieut Duncan White
2nd Lieut Enver Crayin Ahlip
2nd Lieut Alan Collingwood Bayne CPRC
2nd Lieut Murray Griffith Bremmer,CPRC
2nd Lieut Arroll Hamish Lindse Braeme Sinclair, CPRC
2nd Lieut Robert Laurence Harvey.CPRC
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2nd Lieut Alfred Henry Salter CPRC
2nd Lieut Montague Hyde Villiers, CPRC
2nd Lieut James Bryant Robertson, CPRC
2nd Lieut Charles Royston Webber, CPRC
2nd Lieut Charles Maurice Nelson, CPRC
2nd Lieut Patrick Edward Trememheere. CPRC
2nd Lieut William Rowan de Warrenne Waller. CPRC
Capt Lionel Victor Gooneratne CCB. Transferred to the CLI
wef. 24 .4.1942 for the duration of the war
Lieut. & Q.M. Jayasingha Aratchige Benedict Perera
Lieut &.Q.M. John Upananda Rajapakse
Capt Bernard Justin Wijemanne.CCB Transferred to the CLI
wef. 11.08.1942
2nd Lieut.Charles Renton Geddes
2nd Lieut Shanton Lionel Dias
2nd Lieut Don Frederick Terrence Abeysinghe
2nd Lieut Hollawell Denzil Anderson
2nd Lieut Peter Balfour
2nd Lieut Henry Malcolm Bulner
2nd Lieut Shelly Ewald Fernando Chandrarathne
2nd Lieut Godfrey Arthur Christiansz
2nd Lieut Wewage Thomas Alexander Dep
2nd Lieut Mohomad Farook Doray
2nd Lieut Julian Ethelvert De Livera
2nd Lieut Norvin st. Clair Hillarion de Alwis
2nd Lieut Ganbaduarathchige Hector de Silva
2nd Lieut Clarence Arthur de Silva
2nd Lieut George Derrick Fernando
2nd Lieut Kingston Joseph Albert Fernando
2nd Lieut Leslie Edward Neville Fonseka
2nd Lieut Anthony Freeman
2nd Lieut Herbert David Gunawardena
2nd Lieut Meryn Oswald Gooneratna
2nd Lieut Malcom Dudley Jansz
2nd Lieut Vyvill Everard Poulier Jansz
2nd Lieut George Wilson George
2nd Lieut Maxwell Anthony Joseph
2nd Lieut Victor Leslie Percival Joseph
2nd Lieut Richard Jayatilleke
2nd Lieut Rex Gordon Theodore Koch
2nd Lieut Brian Randall Kriekenbeck
2nd Lieut Clinton Charles La Brooy
2nd Lieut Herbert Peter Claude Leembruggen
2nd Lieut Robert Forbes Mcleod
2nd Lieut Noel Vivian Matthysz
2nd Lieut George St. Elmo Nathanielsz
2nd Lieut Duncan Vernon Wilfred Perera
2nd Lieut Urawatta Petiabarage Theodore Peiris
2nd Lieut Nicholas Godfrey Peries
2nd Lieut Welwita Liyanage Don Joseph Bernard Perera
2nd Lieut Bernard Joseph Perera
2nd Lieut George Powell
2nd Lieut Arthur Mervyn Rupesinghe
2nd Lieut Albert Henry Roberts
2nd Lieut Weerasena Rajapakse
2nd Lieut Liyanage Don David Rajasekere
2nd Lieut Dunstan Perere Samarasekere
2nd Lieut John Denzil Soysa
2nd Lieut Albert Edward Noel Stephenson
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2nd Lieut Kalang Kuduyar Seyar Mohamed
2nd Lieut Tuan Samayraan Buhary Sally
2nd Lieut Charles Elred Mathew Siebel
2nd Lieut Karl Denver Van Buuren
2nd Lieut Godfreid Van Dendriesen
2nd Lieut Clarence Clifton Lester Varney
2nd Lieut David Van Cuylenberg
2nd Lieut Cyril Vincent Wijeratne
2nd Lieut EricMaxwell Abeysundere Wirasinghe
2nd Lieut Stanley Leonard
2nd Lieut Cecil Frederick Dunbar Jonklass
2nd Lieut Sinnatamby Kanagaratnam
1943
2nd Lieut Velluppullai Sathianathan
2nd Lieut Richard Van Cuylenberg
2nd Lieut Lwellyn Patrick Juriansz
Lieut & QM Wijesingha Aratchchige Justin Nicholas Perera
Lieut & QM Christopher Walter Johnpulle
2nd Lieut Leslie Nesarajah Chellappa
2nd Lieut Dodampehamage Bupanada Perera
2nd Lieut Deegoda Gamaga Francis Piyadasa
2nd Lieut James Edward Marvyn Seneviratne
2nd Lieut Arthur Gomes Abeysinghe Jayawardana
2nd Lieut Don Manuelge Charlse Lional Perera
2nd Lieut Robert James Anthony Harvie
2nd Lieut Harold Melville Shelton de Holdt
2nd Lieut Ratnayake Mudiyanselage Cyril Abeykoon Banda
Rathnayake
2nd Lieut Kuruppu Aratchchige Ignatius Perera
2nd Lieut Herbert Morris Jansz
2nd Lieut Punchi Banda Kulatilleke
2nd Lieut George Nadarajah Ratna
2nd Lieut Alexander Neville Barrington
2nd Lieut Denzil Kenneth Hunter
2nd Lieut Sirisena Kodikara
2nd Lieut Weerawarnasuriya Patabendige Jinadasa Silva
2nd Lieut Miliani Hector Sansoni
2nd Lieut Christie Samaranayake
2nd Lieut Wadduwelindamulage Linden Maurice Fernando
2nd Lieut Ranaweera Arachchige Albert Perera
2nd Lieut Edwin Alhelston Wijesingha
Lieut &QM Gambaduaratchchige Hector de Silva
2nd Lieut Kurukulasuriya Emmannuel Anthony Gilbert Fernando
2ndLieut Samuel Gartner Jackson CGA
2ndLieut James Robert Peter Jayawardana CLI
2ndLieut Sellahenedige Henry Silva Gunarathne. CLI
2ndLieut Gurunnchelage Dharmadasa Malwewa CLI
2ndLieut Archebald Benjamin Denil Evarts. CLI
2ndLieut Don John Reynold Hettiarachchi. CLI
2nd Lieut William Balfour,C.L.I
2nd Lieut Heron Granville Gerard Diasz CLI
2ndLieut Hettigoda Liyanage Sugathapala CLI
2nd Lieut Saravanamuttu Navaratnathasam
2nd Lieut Oliver Charlse Alecsender Dharmarathna CLI
2nd Lieut Emil Noel Jansz,C.L.I
2nd Lieut Alfred Somupillai Rasanayagam
2nd Lieut Shelton Harris Buultjens,C.E
2nd Lieut Kenneth Neville Lennox De Zoysa CASC
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2nd Lieut Kurukulasuriya Michael Festus Fernando
2nd Lieut Tuan Puthra Assen
2nd Lieut Kamordeen Hassen
2nd Lieut Bernard Patrick Dionysius Edirisinghe
2nd Lieut Peter Alfred de Mel
2nd Lieut Don Charles Sugathapala
2nd Lieut Don Nandasena Nissanka
2nd Lieut Constantine Olto Weerakoon
2nd Lieut Rooald Chandarana Pahalawela Liyanage
2nd Lieut Haniff Hamid
2nd Lieut Anthony Michael Hettiarachchi
2nd Lieut Sapugoda Bodhidasa Stephen
2nd Lieut Clement Vincent Samarasekere
2nd Lieutt Warnakulasooriya Suriyarachige Don Thomas
2nd Lieut Gardie Weligamage Arthur Francis Dionysius de
Silva
2nd Lieut Teddy Harry Edward Powell
2nd Lieut. Paul Carlyle William Jayasingha
2nd Lieut. Hector Perera Wijesinghe
2nd Lieut. Cecil Theodore Caldera
2nd Lieut Sam Lionel Jayakody
2nd Lieut Norman Anthony Mackelvie
2nd Lieut Michael Henry Thumbovila
2nd Lieut Herbert William Gregory Van Dort
2nd Lieut William David Gibson
2nd Lieut Mirwill Carlyle Solomons
2nd Lieut James Alban de Souza
2nd Lieut Colombage Don David Weerasinghe
2nd Lieut George Walter Herbert Jayasinghe
2nd Lieut. Muneendradasa Ramawickrama Jayawardana
2nd Lieut Kingsley Mervyn James La Brooy
2nd Lieut. Lorenz Wilfred Airshi Bartholomeusz
2nd Lieut. Charles Cecil Sylvester Fernando
2nd Lieut. Maurits Engelbert Vanderstraten
2nd Lieut Douglas Woodrow Fernando
2nd Lieut Walimuni Milan Mendis
2nd Lieut Garvin Walter Liyanage
2nd Lieut Nagalingam Nadarajasingham
2nd Lieut Barru Hanipha Cassim
2nd Lieut Augustus Benedict Perera
2nd Lieut Abdul Muthalip
2nd Lieut Andrew Nance
2nd Lieut Don George Alexander Perusinghe
2nd Lieut Randombage Teemon Jayasena de Silva
2nd Lieut Sirisena Samarageewa
2nd Lieut James Everard LesliWeerasuriya
2nd Lieut Joy Gilbert Johnson
2nd Lieut John Marcellus de Abrew Abeysingha
2nd Lieut Arnarld Claude Dunbar Richard Meynert Renault
Seigsman Mendis
2nd Lieut Merringha Walter Salgado
2nd Lieut Abdul Mohamed Illiyac
2nd Lieut Ellis Beville Van Dort
Lieut L.W. Sellayah, C.G.A. transferred
to C.L.I with effect from 17.12.1944 with Seniority next after
Lieut W. Rajapakse
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Lieut S. Somasunderam 2nd Lieut. Eric Perera Gunasekara
2nd Lieut E.L Perera 2nd Lieut. Dayanatha Somadeva Amarasuriya
2nd Lieut M.K Chelvanayagam, C.G.A 2nd Lieut Walter Ronald Fernando
2nd Lieut al C.P. Mailewe
2nd Lieut H.J. Bartholomeusz 1956.05.19
2nd Lieut A.W Cassim 2nd Lieut. Wilson Benett Jayanetti (1242)
2nd Lieut H.M. Peiris 2nd Lieut. Christopher Arthur Peries (1243)
2nd Lieut L.A. Perera
2nd Lieut M.M.E Cooray 1956.09.14
2nd Lieut C.M. Wickremasinghe 2nd Lieut. Srivaran Kumaranayagam (1262)
2nd Lieut HMDW Jayasinghe
2nd Lieut WHAM Peiris 1957.03.01
2nd Lieut A.B Loos 2nd Lieut. Chitral Hayman Wickramasinghe(1265)
2nd Lieut, T.A. Doole, C.G.A 2nd Lieut. Ravindra Vimal Jayewardena(1266)
2nd Lieut D.S.S. Seneviratne
2nd Lieut. P.L. Harding, C.G.A 1957.05.01
2nd Lieut E.J de Silva 2nd Lieut. Sembukuttiarachchige Benedict Gabriel de Silva
2nd Lieut A.T Abeysingha (1271)
2nd Lieut A.D. Raffel
2nd Lieut E.W de Silva, C.G.A tfd to CLI wef 20.03.1945 1957.10.01
2nd Lieut T.M Chelliah 2nd Lieut. John Malcolm Gamini Perera(1303)
Lt& QM V.M. Zavahier
2ndLieut K.C.Bertholomeusz 1958.06.01
2nd Lieut C.A. Bastianpillai 2nd Lieut. Reginald John Roberts (1318)
2nd Lieut K. Munidasa 2nd Lieut. Ranjan Mark Canekaratne(1319)
2nd Lieut D.F Nell
2nd Lieut N.G Werkmeister 1958.06.14
2nd Lieut R.V Cooray 2nd Lieut. Shah Mihlar (1320)
2nd Lieut JCEC Lambert 2nd Lieut. Vidana Durage Samuel Fernando (1321)
2nd Lieut V.T Kandasamy 2nd Lieut. Mahesha Karunaratne Jayatilaka(1322)

1950.12.01
2nd Lieut. Ernest Godwin Rajakaruna(1084)
2nd Lieut. Akbar Samsudeen Amjadeen Packeer(1085)
2nd Lieut. Henry Edward William Solomons(1086)
2nd Lieut. Candauda Arachchige Dharmasena(1087)
2nd Lieut. Frederick Winston Anthony Dias(1088)
2nd Lieut. Derrick Nugawela (1089)
2nd Lieut. Kenneth Gordon Brohier (1090)
1951.06.01
2nd Lieut. Senaka Ranasinghe (1049)
2nd Lieut. Herat Banda Wijekoon,(1047) tfd From CCC
2nd Lieut. Wathma Kumara Wickramasekara
1953.12.01
Lieut(QM) Rothschild Henry Salvador,(1149)
1954.02.01
2nd Lieut. Douglas Basil Seneviratne(1145)
2nd Lieut. Alexander Edmund Rajapakse Abeyesinghe(1146)
2nd Lieut. Kingsley Mendis Wickramasinghe-(1147)
2nd Lieut. Alan Tollence Nugawela (1148)
2nd Lieut. Michael Mahinda Samaradinghe (1150)
2nd Lieut.Bulathsinghalage Ariyadasa Perera (1151)
2nd Lieut. Anthony Devendra Kumar Rajakarier (1155)
2nd Lieut. George Maxwell Sparkes (1156)
1959.07.22
2nd Lieut. Clarence Charles Septimus Welikala (1345)
1960.05.01
Lieut(QM) Arthur Wilfred de Zoysa Siriwardena (1369)
1961.01.01
2nd Lieut. Wilfred Harischandra Niriella (1390)
2nd Lieut. Eardley Joseph de Zilva Wijeyawardena
(1391)
1965.01.01
2nd Lieut. Arjunan Saravanamuttu (1579)
2nd Lieut. Lokugamage Don Sanath Kariyawasam (1580)
2nd Lieut. Panamulla Arachchige Sirisena Dahanayake (1584)
2nd Lieut. Eric Melton Nanayakkara (1586)
2nd Lieut. Sarathchandra Bandara Weerasinghe Amunugama (1592)
2nd Lieut. Victor Irwin Jayasuriya (1593)
2nd Lieut. Herbert Reginald Liyanage (1596)
2nd Lieut. Henry Palitha Jayasuriya (1598)
2nd Lieut. Chitrasena Tilak Ratwatte (1611)
2nd Lieut. Kalida Nihal Atapattu (1615)
1967.03.16
2nd Lieut. Sextus Neville Sirimanne (1687)
2nd Lieut. Arachchi Patabendige Dayasena Edirisuriya (1691)

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2nd Lieut. Leonard Samarasiri Munasinghe (1697) 2nd Lieut. Hettiarachchige Wijitha Indralal Gomes
2nd Lieut. Sriyan Vivekananda Wanigasekera (1703) AbeysingheWeerakoon (2189)
2nd Lieut. Edwin Armyne Wirasinghe (1704) 2nd Lieut. Jayatileke Mudiyanselage Ratna Kumara Kithsiri
2nd Lieut. Anton Srikanthan Mathuranayagam (1705) Jayatileke (2206)
Lieut (QM) Edward Don Jayasinghe (1707)
1980.09.01
1968.10.01 Lt(QM) 18823 Kuranage Raymond Celestine Perera
2nd Lieut. Janakan Sri Kantha (1759)
1981.01.01
1970.01.01 2nd Lieut.SWMTB Hulugalle (2276) tfd from CCC
2nd Lieut. Kuruwakankanamge Premalal Nanda Fernando (1790)
1982.04.15
1970.10.01 2nd Lieut.WPMM Weerasinghe(2336)
2nd Lieut. Gamini Dias Gunawardena (1822) 2nd Lieut MMR Fernando (2352)
Lieut (QM) Kurukulasuriya John Paul Peiris (1827)
1983.01.01
1971.11.01 Lt(QM) TCM Abesekara(2360)
2nd Lieut. Ruwan Tissa Nilkamal Ratnatunga (1882)
2nd Lieut. Gamini Abeyasinghe Gunawardena (1892) 1983.04.01
2nd Lieut. Gemunu Kumar Wickramasingha (1859) 2nd Lt. UKK Rathnamalala(2362) tfd from SLCC wef
1987.06.01
1972.04.01 Lt. MM Kulatunge (2373) tfd from SLCC wef 1987.06.01
2nd Lieut. Edward Rohan Lucien Jayatilleke (1915) 2nd Lt. TGJB Karunanayake (2413) tfd from SLCC wef
2nd Lieut. Gabriel Mohan Rockwood 1987.06.01
2nd Lieut. Desmond Chrisantha de Livera (1920) 2nd Lt. RMF Jeymen (2505) tfd from SLCC
2nd Lieut. Don Jayasiri Attanayake (1949)
Lieut (QM) Hemachandra Narangoda 1984
2nd Lt. THC Karunapala – 1984 Attached From SLCC
1973.01.23
2nd Lieut. 18960 I Madanakonda Arachchige Don Felix Didacus 1985.09.04
Arsecularatne (1951) 2/Lt MUDS Amarasiri (2490)
2nd Lieut. 18968 Wajjrakkarakanange Stanley George Dias 2/Lt AFM Basnayake (2494
(1953) 2/Lt S Dissanayake (2505)
2nd Lieut. 19264 Gardiye Role Malwattage Ranjit Peiris
Jayawardana (1958) 1986.06.27
2/Lt JEB Kelaart (2583)
1976.10.15 2/Lt SN Udukalage (2603)
2nd Lieut. Loku Hennadige Nihal Rajaratne (2083) 2/Lt PH Sirishantha (2604)
2nd Lieut. Arachchige Upali Cumar Suraweera (2084) 2/Lt LS Kulasena (2613)
1976.12.16 2/Lt YADNK Wijerathna (2619)
2nd Lieut. 18867 Lawrence Anthony Cooray (2099)

1977.07.16 1986.06.13
2nd Lieut. Geevathmuni Bandula Ranjan de Silva (2135) Lt & QM, HP Jayasena (2648)
2nd Lieut. Ravindra Srinath Athulathmudali (2142)
1986.12.06
1978.06.11 2/Lt M Serasingha (2772)
Lieut Jayakodiarachchige Don Romel Jayakody (1923) 2/Lt US Karunathilake (2777)
tfd from NSR
Lieut Nimal Senanayaka (1925) tfd from NSR wef 78.11.01 1987.05.27
2/Lt TH Karunadasa (2828)
1979 2/Lt WAD Karunarathne (2832)
2nd Lieut. Lakshman Chandra Perera (2151) 2/Lt WPR Wijerathna (2870)
2nd Lieut. Omar Enterzan Lebbe (2153) 2/Lt PB Perera (2871)
2nd Lieut. Biyanvilage Lavan Henry Perera 2/Lt MJA Von Gunster (2875)
2nd Lieut. Bandula Sarath de Silva (2155) 2/Lt ODWC Kulasena (2878)
2nd Lieut. Anton Eric Edema (2169) 2/Lt OATDE Zoysa (2879)
2nd Lieut. Gamini Bandara Dodanwala (2183) 2/Lt DM Wijerathna (2925)
2nd Lieut. Arumugam Logeswaran (2184) 2/Lt HBG Dissanayake (2926)

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Lt TD Mendis - 1987 Attached From 1-SLLI 2/Lt SPS Wijewardana (4109)
2/Lt JEL De Zoysa (4113)
2/Lt PMN Yasalalaka (4119)
1987.12.12
2/Lt TD De Fonseka (2891) 1993.12.19
2/Lt RM Ranasingha (2893) 2/Lt HDM Sarachchandra (4393)
2/Lt MP Weliwita (2896) 2/Lt Sandanayake (4399)
2/Lt TM Abdul (4407)
1989.09.22
2/Lt DC Weerasingha (3100) 1994.06.18
Capt JW Ariyasiri – 1989 Attached From 1- SLLI 2/Lt PR Silva (4457)
Capt. Siripala - attached from 1- SLLI 2/Lt PDDT Priyankara (4460)
1990.04.30 2/Lt MNH Ranawaka (4494)
2/Lt TAS Mendis (3180)
1994.12.16
1990.02.08 2/Lt NWKWHR Nanayakkara (4621)
2/Lt Lt WG Fernando (3208) 1995.04.20
2/Lt Lt SA Gunasekara (3209) 2/Lt Lt(QM) HD Anthony Appuhami (4661)

1990.07.19 1995.03.04
2/Lt KT Fernando (3307) 2/Lt DP Upul Shantha (4667)
2/Lt W Weerasingha
1995.11.07
1990.12.28 2/Lt P Kularathne (4668)
2/Lt DP Kumarage (3358)
1996.03.06
1991.01.19 2/Lt BS Bodipala (4688)
2/Lt WRA Gunasekara (3373)
1996.03.09
1991.06.15 2/Lt PWANNSK Weerasingha (4854)
2/Lt MP Ramanayaka (3389)
2/Lt GKHA Fernando (3421) 1996.12.21
2/Lt HAP Perera (3423) 2/Lt AS Kumara (5016)
2/Lt ML Gunalath (3431) 2/Lt TP Weerasingha (5019)

1991.12.07 1997.06.21
2/Lt MIV Fernando (3565) 2/Lt KKIA Kumara (5035)
2/Lt RPS Senawirathna (3567)
2/Lt WANG Wejesingha (3595) 1997.08.01
Lt PKD Rathnasinghe - 1991Attached from SLAGSC 2/Lt HMSB Herath (5121) tfd From NCC wef 1997

2/Lt KR Karunarathne – 1991 Attached from NCC 1997.12.06

2/Lt HABP Hettiarachchi (5594)
1992.06.06
2/Lt U Wanigasooriya (3684) 1997.12.20
2/Lt ED Ganegedara (3747) 2/Lt URL Perera (5305)
2/Lt RAA Krishantha – 1992 Attached From SLASC
1998.06.05
1992.12.19 2/Lt G Dayananda (5403)
2/Lt SKK Weerasuriya (3819) 2/Lt JR Wickrama Bandara (5408)
2/Lt LJA Mendis (3883)
1998.12.19
2/Lt VGEC Kumara (5430)
2/Lt NKRMU Karunarathne (4023) tfd from NCC
2000.01.01
1993.06.19 2/Lt PWA Senarathna (5641)
2/Lt PABMP Wijegunawardana (4080) 2/Lt BS Liyanage (
2/Lt LC Marambage (4086)
2/Lt RAD George (4098) 2001.12.29

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2/Lt AGN Danasiri (5953)

2002.06.22
PLA Wickramasingha (6009)

2003.09.01
2/Lt Lt(QM) KN Silva (

2004.01.18
2/Lt MC Prasad (6144)

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